Building a Data-Driven Skills-First Workforce Strategy
42mAdvanced2023-07-13
Authors

Serena Huang
Data Analytics Executive in Fintech and International Keynote Speaker
Course details
As large companies shift away from requiring bachelor’s degrees in a tight labor market, some have moved towards focusing on skills. In this course, Dr. Serena Huang takes you through practice steps to measure skills and leverage data analytics to hire, develop, and retain employees. Join Serena as she explains how to: get started focusing on skills rather than jobs or roles; future-proof your organization by using skills and scenario-planning; create a skills-first strategy at scale and sustain the data refresh process; align senior stakeholders across the enterprise for a successful implementation; and leverage skills-first workforce strategy to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Skills covered
HR AdministrationHR StrategyDecision-MakingBusiness AnalyticsTalent ManagementHuman ResourcesData ScienceProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- The business case of skills-first strategy
Translating Business Needs into Skills and Future-Proofing Your Organization
- The role of uncertainty in skills
- How to translate business strategy to skills
- What skills are required of everyone in the future
- How can skills improve diversity, equity, and inclusion
The Measurement of Skills
- What is a skill
- How to choose a skills architecture
- How to capture and validate skills
- How to store skills data
- How to update skills data regularly
Implementation Success
- Avoid common pitfalls
- Getting it right
- How to use the data you collected
Continuing Your Skills-First Workforce Strategy Learning Journey
- The road ahead for skills strategy