Career Mapping Strategy™
Strategic career development for people and organisations.
I help organisations, leaders and professionals align capability, career direction and development through strategic mapping, training and practical action.
01The challenge
Capable people. Unclear pathways.
- Talented people who cannot see a future inside the organisation.
- Managers who avoid career conversations, or don't know how to hold them.
- Succession decisions made on instinct rather than evidence.
- Graduates who arrive with a degree and no direction.
55% of organisations are prioritising internal mobility. Only 24% have a structured programme to deliver it. LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report, 2025
02The method
Career Mapping Strategy™
A structured method that connects people's capability and ambition with where the organisation needs to go.
Understand
The person, the role, the evidence and the organisational context.
Diagnose
The specific gap limiting progression, readiness or contribution.
Act
A clear map, development priorities and the next move, owned and dated.
InstrumentsCareer Mapping Matrix · Bitacon Fit Scorecard · Bitacon Blockers™ · Retention Radar · The Career Map
03For organisations
Programmes built around your talent priorities.
- 01
Executive Career Mapping Sprint
Executives and senior leadership
- 02
Career Conversations for Managers Flagship
Line, middle and regional managers
- 03
High-Potential and Succession Mapping
HR and executive committees
- 04
Women's Career Alignment
Women's leadership cohorts
- 05
Graduate and Intern Talent Identification
Graduate and intern pipelines
- 06
Intern Career Launch
Development organisations and NGOs
Case study
executives. One Career Mapping sprint.
A global engineering company wanted its executive team to see how their strengths and ambitions connected with where the business needed them next.
A focused Executive Career Mapping Sprint using the Career Mapping Matrix, with no technology in the room.
Every executive left with a mapped pathway and a 48-hour action commitment. HR received a Strategic Impact Brief with retention flags and follow-on programme recommendations.
04For individuals
The same method, applied to one career.
For professionals and executives preparing for a promotion, a move, a board seat, an award or a new market. We start with strategy, then build everything else from it.
The Career Mapping Workbook™The method, self-guided. R399.
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05Outcomes
What changed for clients.
Chartered Quantity Surveyor
Nomination strategy and statements. Nominated for two European industry awards and won one.
Standard Bank Top Women Awards 2024
I built her nomination package. She was named a finalist.
Into IT management
Career Mapping Strategy for a move into management. He became Manager: Information Systems and Technology.
“I also used her services to structure my awards nomination statement. I got nominated into 2 prestigious awards in Europe and even WON one.”
Malepeli Malataliana MBA, MRICS · Chartered Quantity Surveyor
“She mapped my MRICS credentials and R2.44B joint-venture commercial experience into a high-authority portfolio narrative. I started receiving interview requests from recruiters right away.”
Munya R Mabote MRICS · Chartered Quantity Surveyor
170+ client recommendations on LinkedIn. Clients across Africa, Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
06About Bitacon Consulting
A Career Mapping Strategy™ practice.
Bitacon Consulting works with organisations, leaders and professionals to align capability, career direction and development. Every engagement runs on one method, Career Mapping Strategy™, and clients span Africa, Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
The founder
The strategist behind the method.
I'm Sijabuliso Nkomo, a Career Mapping Strategist and the founder of Bitacon Consulting. I work where a person's capability meets what an organisation needs, and I make the gap between the two visible.
My training is in strategy. I hold a BCom Honours in Strategic Management, cum laude, and a BCom in Supply Chain Management, and I'm an Affiliate of CIPS. Career Mapping Strategy™ is the method I built to bring that discipline to careers. Every engagement runs on it, from one professional to a full executive team.
I've advised more than 2,000 professionals across five continents, from graduates to board members. I've mapped 28 executives at a global engineering company in a single sprint, and built the nomination cases behind a Standard Bank Top Women finalist and an award-winning Chartered Quantity Surveyor.
My standard is evidence. I name the gap plainly, and every client, person or organisation, leaves with a plan they can act on.
The Blockers Check
Three questions that show where your applications are falling short, and what to do about it. A two-page diagnostic taken from The Career Mapping Workbook™.
- Name the one requirement holding you back
- Find out what kind of gap it is
- Know your next move
Questions people ask me
Are you a recruiter?
No. I don't place people in jobs or hold vacancies. I work on your side of the table: I find out what's stopping you from landing the role you want, and build the strategy to get you there.
Do you write CVs?
Yes, as one of the tools within a Career Mapping Strategy. We first agree your target role and the gap. Then I build your CV, cover letter and LinkedIn profile to prove what that role needs.
What happens on the discovery call?
It's 20 minutes. You tell me where you are, the role you want and what has happened so far. I'll tell you honestly which option fits, or if you need something I don't offer.
How is Career Mapping Strategy different from career coaching?
Career Mapping Strategy works from evidence. We name the specific gap between where you are and where you want to be, then build a dated plan to close it. The focus is diagnosis and action.
What does an organisation receive at the end of a programme?
Every participant leaves with a mapped pathway and a 48-hour action commitment. HR receives a Strategic Impact Brief covering outcomes, participant feedback, retention flags and recommended next steps.
Do you work with organisations?
Yes. I run programmes for executives, managers, graduates and talent pipelines. See For Organisations.
Planning next year's talent and training calendar?
Let's scope a programme for your people before budgets are finalised.