Army Career Tracker (ACT) CMF 88 - U.S. Army

Contents• Part 1: Background• Part 2: Soldier Tab• Part 3: Career Resources Tab• Part 4: Search & ACT Evaluation TabsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 1

What is Army Career Tracker?• ACT is a leadership development tool that will:– Integrate training, education, and experiential learning into onepersonalized and easy to use interface– Present users with an intelligent search capability of multiple Armyeducation and training resources– Provide users with a more efficient and effective way to monitor theircareer development– Allow leaders to track and advise users on their personalized leadershipdevelopment• ACT is a part of the Army Learning Concept 2015– “Learners must be supported with an online career-tracking tool, such as the ArmyCareer Tracker, that will provide a single user interface to allow learners tomanage their lifelong learning objectives and monitor their progress towardcompletion of required training and education requirements and career goals.Individuals will select and enroll in resident and non-resident Army courses as wellas seek civilian education opportunities through partner colleges and universities.”HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 2

How to Access ACT• When ACT becomes available to you, you will receive anotification from your CMF or state lead• At that time, visit https://actnow.army.mil• Read and accept the terms and conditions of the Army CareerTracker Privacy Act• Log in with your AKO or CAC credentialsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 4

Within ACTIn the upper right corner of ACT, you can always:• View your last login• Access AKO Webmail• Use AKO IM or Chat• Log Out123 4HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 5

• Home– My Notices– My Leaders– My Resources– Act News– Career Dashboard• My Planner– My Planner– My Calendar• My Activities• My Career• Explore My CareerSoldier Tab Table of ContentsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 6

Soldiers TabThe Soldier Tab contains the Soldier’s Home Page also known as the Home subportlet.Within this tab users can access their Home Page, My Planner, MyActivities, My Career and Explore My Career sub-portals.HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 7

Within the Soldier Home tab users can:View Career andTraining notices inMy NoticesSoldier Tab Home PageCheck outnews in ACTNewsSelect a Leader orMentors in MyLeadersView a Careersnapshot in MyCareerDashboardView useful links andresources in MyResourcesHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 8


Home Sub-portal- My NoticesThe My Notices portlet is ACT’s central location for career and training recommendations.These notices are recommendations from your Leader/MentorsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 10


My Leader PortletThe My Leaders portlet provides you the opportunity to manage your Leader and Mentorselections.HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 12


My ResourcesMy Resources are links selected by your component that are useful and are targeted to you.Click a BLUE hyperlink to be directed to that resource.HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 14

• Home– My Notices– My Leaders– My Resources– Act News– Career Dashboard• My Planner• My Activities• My CareerSoldier Tab Table of ContentsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 15

ACT NewsACT News compiles news from proponents• Content is displayed on the Soldier Home Page in the ACT News section• Green writing indicates which CMF posted the articleHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 16

• Home– My Notices– My Leaders– My Resources– Act News– Career Dashboard• My Planner– My Planner– My Calendar• My Activities• My CareerSoldier Tab Table of ContentsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 17

My Career DashboardIn My Career Dashboard users can see a graphic overview of their:• PME Status• Civilian Education Status•ACE Credit recommendations • Professional Goals StatusUsers can select hyperlinks to obtain more information on each areaHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 18

My Career Dashboard1. Users can see when they last took their GAT in this screen2. Click the Blue Date to be taken to https://www.sft.army.mil3. The GAT date will show “!” and will change color according to GAT status• AMBER if GAT was taken in the last 10 months• RED if GAT has not been taken a year from the current date• If there is no data, it will show “Not Taken in Last 3 Years”132HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 19


My PlannerIn this MY PLANNER portal you can view1. Completed and In-Process Assignments, Training, Credentials/Certifications andDevelopment2. PDM Recommendations based on recommendations from your proponentHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 21


1My Calendar1. Underneath MY PLANNER, the MY CALENDAR portlet allows users to track and viewProfessional and Personal Goals, Events and Enrollments.2. My CALENDAR is broken horizontally into four areas of information; Professional Goals,Personal Goals, Events. and Enrollments.3. To move forwards or backwards within the MY CALENDAR portlet use the blue buttons.4. You can also click RESET to jump back to the original screen.243To move forward orbackwards use theBLUE buttonsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 23

My Calendar Details1. In My Calendar you can seeprofessional goals such asthe DRILL SGT goal we setbefore2. Mouse over to see goaldetails3. Since this is a new goal thestatus is pending4. Goals are Color Coded:RED: Target and Actual Completion Date-PASTStatus: PENDINGAMBER: Target and Actual Completion Date- NOT PASTStatus: PENDINGGREEN: Target and Actual Completion Date5. If you click on a goal you are brought tothe My Activities page213HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 24


My ActivitiesThe MY ACTIVITIES portlet includes; mandatory activities from your OrganizationalLeadership, activities you decide to participate in to build on your career development,and personal goals and events. It is your “to-do” list!HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 26

My CareerMy Career provides users with an unofficial consolidated view of historical Military DutyAssignments, Military Training, and Civilian Education. A Soldier’s Leader and Mentorscan also see the Soldier’s information from which to base their recommendations on.HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 27


Explore My CareerThe Explore My Career portlet provides an efficient way of identifying positions that have been evaluated by yourproponent or State/ Regional managers and that are of particular value to them because of your MOS and/oracquired skills.HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 29

HQ TRADOCINCOPDArmy Career Tracker (ACT)Career Resources TabACT is Coming… Get on the Right Path!

• Career Resources Overview• Career Fields Sub-TabTable of Contents– Command Group– Featured Courses– News Articles– Featured Links & Essential Resources• ACT Sub-Tab• College of the American Soldier Sub-Tab• States Sub-Tab• USAR Sub-TabHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 31

Career Resources Overview1 2 3 4 51. Career Fields sub-tab– Landing Pages customized for each CMF to include information about leadership,relevant news articles, useful links, and featured courses2. ACT sub-tab– Keep up-to-date on the most recent information related to ACT3. College of the American Soldier sub-tab– Access to institutions that provide college credit hours for training, education andjob skill experience that the Soldier gained in the Army4. States sub-tab– National Guard Landing Pages customized for each state to include informationabout leadership, relevant news articles, and useful links5. USAR sub-tab– Landing Page customized for the USAR to include information about leadership,relevant news articles, and useful linksHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 32


To access your CMF Landing Page from the Career Resources tab,1. Click Career Fields. You will see a drop-down of CMF choices.2. Hover your mouse over the CMF you wish to select, then click yourselection. CMF 88 was chosen in this example.1Career Fields Sub-Tab2HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 34

Career Fields Sub-TabCMF Landing PageRead relevant newsarticles profiled for yourproponent or CMFChoose training based onrecommendations fromyour proponent inFeatured CoursesConveniently HQ TRADOC accessINCOPD 35VICTORY STARTS HERE!

Featured CoursesMost Important = !!!Very Important = !!Important = !• Your proponent has weighted the importance of courses• Featured Courses is not intended to indicate to Soldiers that particularcourses are mandatory• Criteria to determine course weighting is up to the ProponentHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 36

Featured Links & Essential ResourcesFeatured Links are external links to resources that your proponentwishes to spotlight for Soldiers.Essential Resources are external links to resources that yourproponent thinks will be useful to Soldiers.Sign up forTrans AACPView useful links andresources“SMARTBOOKS”HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 37


ACT Sub-Tab• Click ACT under the Career Resources tab• The ACT sub-tab consists of ACT Communications and ACT inthe NewsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 39

ACT in the NewsACT in the News will feature news specificallyabout ACT in external news sourcesHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 40


College of the American Soldier (CAS) Sub-Tab• Click College of the American Soldier under the CareerResources tab• CAS sub-tab provides Soldiers access to Institutions that havecontracted with the Army to provide college credit hours fortraining, education and job skill experience that the Soldiergained while serving within the Army• Credit hours and courses can be applied to Associates andBachelor programs offered by the select InstitutionsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 42

College of the American Soldier (CAS)HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 43


States Sub-TabTo access your State Landing Page from the Career Resources tab,• Click States. You will see a drop-down of State choices.• Hover your mouse over the State you wish to select, then click yourselection. Georgia was chosen in this example.12HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 45

State-Specific Landing PageLearn about stateleadership in theCommand GroupConveniently accessFeatured Links andEssential ResourcesRead relevant news articlesprofiled for your stateNOTE: Featured Coursesare only available at theCMF levelHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 46


USAR Tab2011 Army Reserve Posture StatementArmy Strong StoriesMy Army Reserve BlogArmy Reserve BenefitsHQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 48

This completes the Enlisted Soldier User TrainingFor more informationVisit the ACT Information Page on AKO:https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/601000HQ TRADOC VICTORY STARTS HERE!INCOPD 49

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