How to Build a Skills Training Strategy

The skills training marketplace is quickly becoming the most important focus area for growing organizations. People all over the world are starting to look for more meaningful connections with their work, job fulfillment, and real opportunities for career advancement. This change has shaken up entire job sectors, with a sudden need to rehire, replace, and retrain employees to fill new roles. Meanwhile, the need to train new skills and adapt training on the go has skyrocketed. This growing trend has only intensified with the advent of remote work, digitalized workplaces, and shifting consumer demand. 

All this means it’s more important than ever before to have a skills strategy in place for your organization. Understanding what skills you have on hand in your talent pool, and what skills profiles you may be missing, is vital to the success and growth of your organization. Broadly, companies have identified a need for STEM, and technical skills across departments, but at the same time businesses are facing challenges in developing soft skills. 

Read this eBook to learn how to build a skills training strategy including identifying and defining roles, creating a skills map, conducting a skills gap assessment, and building an effective capability academy.