IT Job Roles  and  Grade Levels

Welcome to your IT Job Ladders and Job Lattices resource.

Use: (1)  Click each job role title you want further information about that role's ladder and lattice suggestions.
  (2)  Select the exempt or non-exempt job role category you want.
         Do you want to compare up to 4 separate ladders and lattices?  Click  Here.


How do Job Ladders and Job Lattices support you reaching your "career best" goal state?   Find out.

Career development involves aligning your talents and passions with organizational needs. The balance of each area provides the goal state where your abilities (talents), interests (passions), and business requirements (organization) meet to achieve the desired success of all three.


The TOP Model (Talents - Organization - Passions) highlights career development discussion opportunities that you and your manager may have to align the identification of (a) what are your talents, (b) which contribute to organizational needs, and (c) recognize your professional and personal interests expressed as passions.



Job ladders and job lattices support your TOP Model activities. Both show different approaches "paths" you can consider for continued career development. Review the below information and have strategic discussions with your manager and/or mentor to gain deeper insights into your career development actions.

 

TOP Model

Job Ladders  and  Job Lattices

Job Ladders   provide:
  • Vertical growth for employees in an organization
  • An employee may move vertically most of the time
  • An employee may also move laterally or cross functionally
  •       Linear career path
  • Job Lattices   provide:
  • Maps skills and talents needed for various job roles
  • 3-dimensional movement model:  up, sideways, or down depending on career needs
  • Supports further opportunities for growth, engagement, and retention
  •       Varied career paths for growth and development

  • Job Ladder:  Conceptual Framework
    cursor over for:  Practical Framework  (example: Systems Analyst)



    Job Lattice:  Conceptual Framework
    cursor over for:  Practical Framework  (example: IT Support Technician)