Skillful helps employers address this challenge by accelerating the adoption of skills-based practices to support talent acquisition and retention essential to economic success and business growth.
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Discover how skills-based practices can transform you organization for the better.
Skillful Job Posting Generator: The Skillful Job Posting Generator simplifies one of the first steps to hiring based on skills: identifying an open job’s required skills and competencies and incorporating them into a job posting quickly and easily.
Overview of employer resources
How you can hire based on skills (overview)
PAIRIN: By identifying the skills that make someone successful at your company and setting professional development plans from day one, you can find and keep employees that will deeply impact your business. PAIRIN's solutions for business help companies hire based on skills, map professional development plans and develop the skills employees need to be successful.
Manufacturer’s Edge: As a NIST MEP approved center, Manufacturer’s Edge is the official representative of the MEP National Network in Colorado. Manufacturer’s Edge encourages the strength and competitiveness of Colorado manufacturers through coaching, training, and consulting, collaboration-focused industry programs, and by leveraging government, university and economic development partnerships.
Skills-based hiring for the public sector: Public sector employers: learn how to implement skills-based hiring with Skillful’s free guide.
Write a skills-based job posting
Learn how to determine exactly what skills and competencies an employee will need to thrive in your position by downloading these free Skillful resources.
Skillful Job Posting Generator: The Skillful Job Posting Generator simplifies one of the first steps to hiring based on skills: identifying an open job’s required skills and competencies and incorporating them into a job posting quickly and easily.
Identify competencies process guide
Identify baseline skills for advanced manufacturing positions
Identify baseline skills for IT positions
Skills-based job posting [template]
Manufacturer’s Edge: As a NIST MEP approved center, Manufacturer’s Edge is the official representative of the MEP National Network in Colorado. Manufacturer’s Edge encourages the strength and competitiveness of Colorado manufacturers through coaching, training, and consulting, collaboration-focused industry programs, and by leveraging government, university, and economic development partnerships.
Skills-based hiring for the public sector: Public sector employers: learn how to implement skills-based hiring with Skillful’s free guide.
Reduce bias in the interview and selection process
Most of us don’t even realize what biases we have, which makes reducing bias difficult. By using a skills-based interview and selection process, and by concentrating on the skills needed to do a job, you can reduce bias in the interview and selection process. Download these resources to guide you.
How to screen candidates based on skills
Skills-based screening examples
How to interview and assess candidates based on skills
Examples of skills-based assessments
Examples of skills-based interview questions for manufacturing jobs
How to select candidates based on skills
Examples of skills-based IT job postings
PAIRIN: By identifying the skills that make someone successful at your company and setting professional development plans from day one, you can find and keep employees that will deeply impact your business. PAIRIN's solutions for business help companies hire based on skills, map professional development plans and develop the skills employees need to be successful.
Skills-based hiring for the public sector: Public sector employers: learn how to implement skills-based hiring with Skillful’s free guide.
Improve retention
Employees who feel as if they’re growing are more likely to stay with you. Help them fulfill their potential by assessing their current skills. Based on these assessments, you both can design a path of growth, using these resources.
How to select candidates based on skills
PAIRIN: By identifying the skills that make someone successful at your company and setting professional development plans from day one, you can find and keep employees that will deeply impact your business. PAIRIN's solutions for business help companies hire based on skills, map professional development plans and develop the skills employees need to be successful.
Manufacturer’s Edge: As a NIST MEP approved center, Manufacturer’s Edge is the official representative of the MEP National Network in Colorado. Manufacturer’s Edge encourages the strength and competitiveness of Colorado manufacturers through coaching, training, and consulting, collaboration-focused industry programs, and by leveraging government, university, and economic development partnerships.
WorkLife Partnership connects skilled employees in need with resources and education that help them better their lives today and in the future. They partner with businesses who want to help their employees become bigger assets to the company and overcome personal and financial struggles.
Skills-based hiring for the public sector: Public sector employers: learn how to implement skills-based hiring with Skillful’s free guide.
Increase diversity
You can use skills-based practices to reduce bias in your recruiting, screening, and selection process, thereby increasing diversity. Learn how using these resources.
Skills-based job posting [template]
How to screen candidates based on skills
Skills-based screening examples
How you can hire based on skills (overview)
How to interview and assess candidates based on skills
Examples of skills-based assessments
Examples of skills-based interview questions for manufacturing jobs
How to select candidates based on skills
CareerWise Colorado's mission is to create opportunities for youth and businesses across Colorado by developing and supporting an innovative, sustainable youth apprenticeship program. Through this business-led, student-centered model, CareerWise brings together public and private stakeholders to ensure that students have access to the skills and knowledge they need for financial and academic success, and that businesses have access to highly-trained talent.
WorkLife Partnership connects skilled employees in need with resources and education that help them better their lives today and in the future. They partner with businesses who want to help their employees become bigger assets to the company and overcome personal and financial struggles.
PAIRIN: By identifying the skills that make someone successful at your company and setting professional development plans from day one, you can find and keep employees that will deeply impact your business. PAIRIN's solutions for business help companies hire based on skills, map professional development plans and develop the skills employees need to be successful.
Manufacturer’s Edge: As a NIST MEP approved center, Manufacturer’s Edge is the official representative of the MEP National Network in Colorado. Manufacturer’s Edge encourages the strength and competitiveness of Colorado manufacturers through coaching, training, and consulting, collaboration-focused industry programs, and by leveraging government, university, and economic development partnerships.
Skills-based hiring for the public sector: Public sector employers: learn how to implement skills-based hiring with Skillful’s free guide.
Fill open positions faster
When you know what you want, the hiring process becomes much easier and more efficient. Check out how easy it is in our overview of our employer resources here.
Identify competencies process guide
Skills-based job posting [template]
Identify baseline skills for advanced manufacturing positions
Identify baseline skills for IT positions
How to screen candidates based on skills
Skills-based screening examples
How you can hire based on skills (overview)
How to interview and assess candidates based on skills
Examples of skills-based assessments
Examples of skills-based interview questions for manufacturing jobs
How to select candidates based on skills
PAIRIN: By identifying the skills that make someone successful at your company and setting professional development plans from day one, you can find and keep employees that will deeply impact your business. PAIRIN's solutions for business help companies hire based on skills, map professional development plans and develop the skills employees need to be successful.
Manufacturer’s Edge: As a NIST MEP approved center, Manufacturer’s Edge is the official representative of the MEP National Network in Colorado. Manufacturer’s Edge encourages the strength and competitiveness of Colorado manufacturers through coaching, training, and consulting, collaboration-focused industry programs, and by leveraging government, university, and economic development partnerships.
Skills-based hiring for the public sector: Public sector employers: learn how to implement skills-based hiring with Skillful’s free guide.
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