Creating a Skills-Based Organization

Learn how to take a skills-based approach to hiring and move away from scanning resumes for job titles, previous experience, and degrees toward a wider, more diverse talent pool.

Introduction

• Why a skills-based organization?
• What is a skills-based organization?
• What truly matters when evaluating employees?
• The ever-evolving "skills" terminology

1. A Change in Mindset

• Evolve to address change
• Increase your talent pool to the global marketplace
• Reduce bias and increase support of DEI

2. Skills-Based Hiring

• What is skills-based hiring?
• Evolve job descriptions

3. Talent Management with a Skills-Based Approach

• Utilize transferrable skills
• Skills-based organization providers and resources

4. The Role of L&D

• What does being committed to skills-based L&D mean?
• What does the skill-based approach mean for L&D?
• What is career pathing?
• What is cross training? And other stretch opportunities