An Introduction to Skills-Based Hiring

Description

In this introductory session, attendees will begin to learn how to expand and upgrade their talent attraction practices, by learning more about integrating a skills-aligned focus for employee sourcing. In today’s economic climate, many businesses and organizations struggle to attract, retain and promote employees. While sourcing talent is critical to a company’s operations, many employers and job seekers alike, agree that traditional hiring processes often do not work and fail to assess and align talent comprehensively. Skills-based hiring presents a different opportunity. 

This talent recruitment strategy, where companies identify and evaluate skills and competencies to fill open positions, recognizes that pedigree is not the same as competency. This holistic process can help reduce bias and add consistency and intentionality to the hiring process. These kinds of approaches can lead to business practices that are more inclusive, reduce barriers to high-quality career opportunities, and address the skills gap in local areas. 

Gain a foundation in this action-driven strategy to help your company address workforce challenges. 

•Begin learning how to integrate skills-focused practices into preliminary stages of the hiring process. 

•Rethink skills assessment by identifying and defining the needed competencies for a role. 

•Suggestions for incorporating this approach into the interview and assessment phases of the hiring process.