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Is talent hiding in plain sight?
Oct 20, 2023
CEOs face a dilemma: too many open jobs, not enough right workers. Solution: skills-first hiring. Skills-first approach helps bridge talent and opportunity gap, challenges degree filtering, and benefits employees and employers. AI's impact on labor market and need for skills. Importance of cultural shift to prioritize skills and new skill development. Unlocking hidden talent and embracing skills-based hiring benefits large and small businesses, creates opportunities for non-traditional backgrounds.
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- Skills-based hiring is a game-changing approach for businesses to identify and utilize untapped talent.
- CEOs should focus on building a skills-first culture to retain talent and address workers' concerns for fair pay and meaningful work.
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The Importance of Skills-Based Hiring
Skills-based hiring is highlighted as a better way to assess potential and applicants in order to build a successful business. CEOs emphasize the demand for human skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and leadership. These skills are difficult to train and find. The focus should be on seeing skills not as a change to react to, but as tools to adapt to changes in the workforce.
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