Being nimble and dynamic in the way businesses manage skills through performance is going to be important moving forward into the next 12 months – 2023. Having the capacity to use the Skill sets of employees across multiple business silos / departments is a way to keep costs down and improve employee competencies rather than having to hire. Whether your organisation uses a formal or informal performance management approach, it’s important to capture key information and then be able to quickly query it and report on it to make decisions. In our last HR Blog we looked at how important re- or upskilling is to creating a 'Learning Culture.' In this Blog, we dive deeper into tracking skills and filling skills gaps throughout the Employee lifecycle.

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Topics: Skills, performance management, Learning & Development, Performance development, Training and development, Closing the Skills Gap

When I meet with fast growing start-ups, they often say: 'we need help in writing position descriptions, working with recruiters, sorting resumes.' This is exactly why recruitment fails. With this approach, it is most likely that these start-ups will end up recruiting the wrong people. They may get the headcount number right, but consequences for the culture and teamwork will eventually impact company performance.

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Topics: Skills, HR Values, Recruitment, culture, Workforce planning, Start-Up Culture, People Management, headcount, Talent Retention, Recruitment plan

Topics: erecruitment, HR Systems, ATS, Rosters, Skills, T&A, Workforce Management, HRIS, E-Recruitment