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title: Talent Growth Plan reference
description: Employee growth plans are created by administrators and used by managers and employees to help facilitate and track growth plans.
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# Talent Growth Plan reference

Employee growth plans are created by administrators and used by managers and employees to help facilitate and track growth plans.

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Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

**Actual start**

</td><td>

The date that an employee starts working on a growth plan.

</td></tr><tr><td>

**Additional comments \(Customer visible\)**

</td><td>

Comments that can be added to help the employee and manager understand the purpose of a growth plan. Comments can be instructions or conceptual information.

</td></tr><tr><td>

**Assigned to**

</td><td>

The name of the employee that the growth plan is assigned to.

</td></tr><tr><td>

**Description**

</td><td>

A description of the growth plan. The description helps employees and managers understand what the growth plan is focused on.

</td></tr><tr><td>

**Due date**

</td><td>

A date for when the growth plan is expected to be complete. Due dates aren’t required for growth plans.

</td></tr><tr><td>

**Name**

</td><td>

The name of the growth plan helps managers and employees determine what the growth plan is intended for.

</td></tr><tr><td>

**Outcome type**

</td><td>

An outcome type represents the intent of the growth. Growth plans can include job related or personal goals.-   **Custom** types are used for personal growth plans or a growth plan that doesn't fit into **Job growth** or **Skill development** types.
-   **Job growth** types are used for growth plans the fit into the regular career goals and development of an employee.
-   **Skill development** types are used to track focused efforts on developing a skill.

</td></tr><tr><td>

**Role level**

</td><td>

A role level is associated with skills that have different levels of accomplishment such as beginner or expert.

</td></tr><tr><td>

**Shared with**

</td><td>

The manager who the growth plan is shared with.

</td></tr><tr><td>

**State**

</td><td>

The current standing of the growth plan.-   **Canceled** state means that the growth plan is no longer active.
-   **Closed complete** state indicates that all the requirements of the growth plan are finished.
-   **Closed incomplete** state indicates that the growth plan wasn’t completed, but it has been closed. State indicates that the growth plan is no longer active.
-   **Published** state indicates that the employee has started the growth plan and has shared it with their manager.
-   **Draft** state means that the employee is still editing, adding activities to the growth plan but hasn't started it.

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