Employability

We have several academies to strengthen functional and technical knowledge of our employees, aligning strongly to our Stronger25 agenda. There is a Commercial Academy to strengthen our commercial ways of working, a Digital Academy to improve our digital skills and maturity levels and a People Academy around important soft skills, leadership and behavioural topics.

We also created learning paths with a combination of learning resources (online learning, e-learning, face to face training, articles etc.) to guide employees towards specific learning goals. Some examples:

• Digital learning path for project managers. Since its start, over 400 project managers enrolled.

• Digital learning path on topics of CDE (Common Data Environment) and Python.

• Mentoring approach to allow people to learn from each other. We emphasise the mutual learning: Both mentor and mentee learn from this process

To fast-track the development of new graduates and accelerate technical and digital skills, we continue to offer an 18-month learning programme for graduates which includes one-to-one buddy support, on-the-job training, interactive learning modules, training and networking events. In 2021 there were around 100 participants.

^{Young Professional Programme}

The vital role played by leaders in shaping the workforce of the future and high-performance teams was recognised in leadership reappointments which took place during the year. To make the transition into a new leadership role successful we focus on the onboarding experience. For new managers there is Lead UP bootcamp to share cultural values and highlight the importance of their role. In 2021 we launched our Future Leaders Journey.

We have an extensive New Joiners Programme, that provides a new joiner with the needed information and resources to get them up and running. The programme helps the new joiner to settle in, understand the company, our ways of working and highlights important things to do in the first weeks and first few months with the company.

New colleagues are also invited to A Royal Start, which is an introductory event about the organisation in all its aspects. Especially during times of working from home it is a great opportunity to expand one's network across different advisory groups, business lines and corporate groups. It includes the opportunity to chat with a senior manager and ask questions about the company strategy, company vision on Enhancing Society Together, company history, cultural values etc.

^{New Joiners Programme}

The world is continuously changing, which influences the needs of our clients. These changes ask us to continuously learn and develop to deliver on our strategic goals successfully. To support our learning journey, Royal HaskoningDHV organises a global quarterly Learning Week. The week includes a broad range of webinars, workshops and inspirational best practice sharing. All programmes and workshops are free of charge making the boundaries for people to join as low as possible. We leverage our internal source of knowledge and allow our employees to be a teacher, trainer or mentor on a topic of their passion and expertise.

^{Royal HaskoningDHV Learning week}

The Internal Career Centre is now in its second year of life. Since its start, around 90 vacancies have been published to all our colleagues worldwide. The Internal Career Centre further promotes our ambition to allow colleagues to grow vertically and horizontally within Royal HaskoningDHV and connects hiring managers with (temporary) vacancies to colleagues seeking a new position. Through the Internal Career Centre, we have already placed dozens of colleagues on new challenges, across business lines and countries.

^{Internal portal showing a range of HR services such as the Internal Career Centre}

Royal HaskoningDHV is rapidly developing its digital capabilities. To spread the word and make all employees enthusiastic to join this movement, the Computational Design Hackathon was organised in October 2021 for all employees around the globe. We had a kick-off with the Pre-Hack webinar with inspiring speakers Prof. Caitlin Mueller (MIT) and Prof. Dr. Pierluigi D’Acunto (TU München). Due to Covid-19 restrictions the hackathon had to be postponed. Instead, to give people the chance to showcase (and develop) their digital skills, everyone was challenged to design a Christmas tree using digital design tools. 

                             ^{Submitted (digital) Christmas tree designs for the global internal challenge} 

Hubs@Friday is an initiative that facilitates a 4-Weekly Friday being reserved for personal and professional development. Participants can either work individually to achieve personal goals (through e-learnings, books, practice) or work together, orchestrated by Digital Hubs on sharing knowledge & brainstorming.

                                                                                               ^{Hubs @ friday}

The graduate launch programme in the UK is for graduates starting in their careers with Royal HaskoningDHV. The programme takes place over 12 months, and starts with a 2 day residential which covers networking (activities) and training on understanding yourself, communication and body language. After the 2 day residential, we encourage the graduates to attend the quarterly business update webcast. The webcasts cover different topics, among others modules focusing on Client Relationships, report writing and project management. 

^{Graduate launch class of '21}