b'18 Member News July 2020Professional Development Launching this autumn:The new version of Career ManagerMany of you will be familiar with Career Manager, our online system to help you record CPD or apply for Professional Registration, and were excited to bring you a new version later this year.Our intuitive skills development and recording tool will allowApplying for Professional Registration on our improved and you to easily plan, record and review your CPD. Improvedsimplified interface will mean you only need to concentrate functionality will enable you to track your steps towardson what to put into your application. the minimum 30 hours of CPD a year, keep all your training records in one place, and check your progress over time.Keep up to dateKeep up to date with the launch of the new system and all the latest developments by visiting theiet.org/career-manager. Well regularly update this page to bring you news on how the new version is evolving, what to expect in the coming months and key information, such as common questions and launch dates.If youre a current Career Manager user, continue using the system as usual. Well email you with updates on the new version soon.If you have any questions, visit our common questions page online. If your question hasnt been answered, getin touch: careermanager@theiet.orgCPD (Continuing Professional Development) engagement continues to grow in 2020Were currently seeing our fifth consecutive year of growth in you in your professional career then the number of CPD records submitted to us. Our CPD policyit can count as CPD. Maintaining a CPD record helps to show how you explains that, if youre professionally active, you should undertakehave maintained and developed and record CPD activities. Were asking that you send youryour skills and can be valuable records to us, ideally using our Career Manager system. to you in annual appraisals or when seeking a new work role.By learning what our members areCPD can include Training, WorkPlease consider submitting your 2019 doing by way of CPD, we can improveExperience, Academic Study,CPD record to us now. At the end what we offer in terms of courses andVolunteering, Events and Seminarsof February 2020 we had 82% more other resources. We recommend thatand Self Study (TWAVES).If yourecords than at the same stage in 2019; members undertake a minimum of 30learn something new, under anywhy not help us improve those figures hours CPD each year, but our recordscircumstances, which could helpand see the benefit in your career?show that they are in fact averaging more than 100 hours. For help, visit theiet.org/CPD or email CPD@theiet.org'