NS enables its people to control their own careers. In 2020, 394 colleagues completed a career orientation programme (2019: 605). We provide information about career opportunities through the Careers Platform, a new self-scanning tool for skills currently in demand, and a tool that allows employees to explore suitable new positions based on their current role.
In the event of organisational developments that have consequences for staff, to prevent redundancies NS ensures staff receive guidance from an early stage in finding new employment within or outside NS. In 2020, most redundant employees were able to find a suitable alternative job within the period during which they received guidance. NS provides such guidance to staff not just as an anticipatory job mobility measure for redundant employees, but also in connection with re-integration and outplacement. Many re-integrating staff eventually return to their employer either in their own (possibly adapted) job or in another capacity.