Ep 673: The Route To Skills-Based Hiring

The move towards skills-based strategies in organizations is still a big topic. This is unsurprising, as the advantages are significant. Skills-based thinking solves critical business challenges by better aligning talent strategies to business goals and offering the skills agility many employers badly need. Skills-based hiring also widens talent pools and challenges the entrenched mental models that sometimes form barriers to companies hiring the talent they actually need.

However, the road to being a skills-based organization is long and complex, and only a small minority of employers are making real progress. So, what needs to change? How can AI be harnessed? How can we anticipate future skills needs? And how should TA teams be reimagined to make skills-based hiring a reality?

My guest this week is Jen Cunningham, VP of Global Talent Acquisition at Pearson. Pearson is leading the way with skills-based people strategies, and Jen has a wealth of experience and insight to share.

In the interview, we discuss:

How TA is evolving

Elevating the candidate experience

Agility, resilience, and authenticity

Better alignment between people strategy and business strategy

How do you identify and validate skills?

Internal and external agility

How the traditional structure of HR is changing.

Data, strategy, and influence

What skills should TA teams have in the age of AI?

What does the future look like?

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