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Join Linda Ginac for this webinar, where she will discuss three career pathing trends for HR and business leaders to consider as they plan their workforce development and employee engagement strategy for 2016. In this webinar, you will learn breakthrough areas of career pathing that are transforming the way people view their internal career journey […]

Skills intelligence is more than a buzzword in business; it’s a core competency behind organizational success. Understanding the skills of your employees and how they relate to their current and potential roles gives you the data you need to strategize for the future of your company. The benefits extend beyond providing data to support the […]

Investing in employee development has always been important, but it is becoming increasingly crucial in today’s rapidly changing business environment. As the world becomes more interconnected and technology advances at a rapid pace, companies are facing a growing talent deficit and are looking for ways to bridge the gap. Not only are companies hard pressed […]

The last two years have posed specific challenges for those who work in HR, mostly due to the pandemic. Businesses have had to learn how to operate successfully with fewer employees. Positions that were once fully staffed became vacant. Even the way organizations did business drastically shifted. And once the crisis was over, worker shortages […]

To keep companies growing and profitable, good customer service is extremely important. This helps ensure your ability to satisfy and retain the people who use your product or service. Research shows that having the best or most affordable product is not the main driver of keeping consumers loyal to your brand. In fact, 30% of […]

Upskilling and reskilling are powerful strategies to combat the war on talent that we have seen in recent years following mass automation, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the subsequent Great Resignation. Companies are becoming increasingly aware of their internal skill gaps and the great cost of leaving them unclosed. By 2030, the US is expected to […]

Every organization is made up of people who have skills and people who are responsible for utilizing these skills effectively. It can be challenging for managers to understand how to best align employees during talent selections to work productively towards greater business goals. When managers select employees to perform various projects and assignments, there are […]

Despite employees’ desires to be successful and productive at work, many of us have found ourselves leaving meetings with our manager confused and unsure of our next steps. Bad communication in the workplace is not just frustrating for employees, it can be extremely harmful to the overall health of the business. Research by Gartner shows […]

Do you have employees who crush deadlines, take on more responsibility and are knocking down their manager’s door for performance reviews? These attributes may describe your top performers and are most likely fueled by career aspirations. However, do you know what exact goals they are currently working towards? It may be an annual raise, or […]

Despite voluntary turnover being a normal part of any workplace, it can still come as a surprise when employees turn in their resignation letter. Most companies seek to learn from these instances with an exit interview, but are the takeaways being acted on in a way that can actually reduce future turnover? The information that […]

Every employee in your company possesses a certain number of skills and these skills are likely at different levels of proficiency. Your talent could also have additional skills that the business might not be aware of at all. To obtain an accurate picture of all of these skills, organizations must have a way to evaluate […]

In May 2020, news of the Covid-19 pandemic broke across the world. We saw an inevitable spike in layoffs across many industries as companies scrambled to adjust. Two years later, we are still witnessing high numbers of layoffs with the largest spike since the beginning of the pandemic occurring very recently in May 2022. Companies […]

While the chaos of the pandemic affected all industries, manufacturing may have been one of the most directly impacted. Extreme supply chain issues affected cost, timing, production, and labor in such a substantial way that many companies were scared they wouldn’t be able to recover. The expectation for the aftermath of the pandemic was that […]

We are all familiar with how quickly our world is changing around us. Due to rapid technological advances and pandemic era business disruptions, one of the struggles this presents for the business world is the constantly changing and ever-expanding requirements of necessary skills. The pace of digital and industry advancement is demanding employees to learn […]

Filling open positions is hard. Finding someone with the experience and skills you need, and then adding a good attitude, punctuality, and a willingness to get along with others make it even more challenging. That’s why it seems like the obvious choice for companies with open jobs is to turn to their current employee base. After […]

Organizations across the United States and the world are suffering from a lack of talent as they continue to expand. Businesses are struggling to fill key roles that can help ensure the long-term growth of the company. The pandemic has changed the ways that employees see work and how employers are holding onto and finding […]

As we move forward in this disruptive period in time it is clear that companies need to adapt with the changes or run the risk of being left behind. Many businesses have changed the way they work, are developing new policies for where their employees will work, and perhaps are pivoting their products and services […]

Turnover is an issue that all companies experience. Holding on to and developing talent is a difficult task. Most companies generally have an idea of how many employees they can expect to lose in a given year. This number has recently exploded for companies of all sizes across most industries. COVID-19 has completely changed the […]

In the IT services industry, having employees with the right skills, knowledge, and experience is the difference between selling your service or not. As more companies migrate to the cloud, cloud computing is identified as one of the most in demand hard skills. However, in a recent survey, 90 percent of IT decision makers report […]

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are ubiquitous and perhaps talked about more than ever before, but it is clear that there is much more work to be done. This topic is very complex, and organizations have tried to put the right policies and practice in place to create more equitable work environments, but some […]

Employees are arguably the most important factor of an organization’s ability to compete in this present moment but also in the long term. An organization’s talent drives innovation and creates value. Turnover can cause drastic effects throughout an organization, such as the loss of company knowledge, which alone can pile on the costs from recruiting […]

For most organizations, getting your existing employees to fit into a specific role can be a tough task, especially when the employee isn’t happy with their current position. It’s often the result assigning someone based on skills rather than the job itself. Typically, organizations looking to find someone for a position tend to look for […]

Employees are often told that they have to improve their skills and be more component in their position in order to advance in their careers. Unfortunately, employees mistake skills and competencies as one and the same. After all, a skill sounds very similar to a competency to the average employee. This failure is the result of general knowledge and a lack of communication.

Most people today have started to understand the importance of getting certifications and completing courses. However, not everyone realizes the difference between attaining certifications and doing courses for upskilling—and doing it all for maintaining a certain proficiency level. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at what it means to have certifications and how you can use them to map out your employees’ proficiency levels.

Companies have always had a hard time determining the right approach for designing a job architecture that supports pay equality, and diversity. It’s a complicated process when you have to ensure you hire and develop the right talent, adhere to diversity measures, all while making sure you’ve achieved pay equality.

We all know that mobilizing internal talent is beneficial. After all, you’ve already invested heavily in your employees – why not maximize that investment, and reduce costs by cutting reliance on external recruitment?

Due to hiring freezes, a large number of companies have been abruptly limited to their existing talent pools to staff projects and fill skill gaps. However, we don’t think that should scare you. Instead, if you focus your energy on the optimizing your existing workforce, you can overcome these obstacles and set yourself up for success in the long-run.

Making the most of your team today is especially important, considering the fact that most companies can’t add to their workforce due to the current pandemic. This hiring freeze could cause a vital skills gap, since hiring managers are unable to bring in people to fill those gaps. In light of this, the most efficient solution is to upskill team members and invest in their development.  

For many years, HR has relied on sourcing external candidates to fill job openings within their organization.However, we are in a different reality today than we were even two months ago. While hiring plans are placed on hold in the current pandemic, organizational skills gaps still exist. In this uncertain environment, many organizations are looking towards internal recruitment to address their needs.

It’s clear that the Coronavirus pandemic, or COVID-19, is going to be around for a while and is already changing pretty much everything. It’s affecting not only how work gets done, but it’s also profoundly affecting your employees on a deeply personal level.It’s critical that your teams feel safe, valued, and connected at such a critical time. So how can HR leaders help their business thrive?