Merita Consulting

Skills First

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, one truth remains constant: a company is only as strong as its workforce. This is where skills-first hiring and promoting come to the forefront, offering a means to fill positions and a catalyst for driving your company’s growth. When you strategically hire for skills, you open doors to enhanced innovation, heightened productivity, and an overall surge in business success.

Skill Definitions

Determining the skills for each role is a critical first step in building an adaptive workforce. These definitions are the foundation for your job descriptions, job postings, career pathways, and workforce development programs, all of which provide the platform for implementing a skills-first hiring and promotion program.



Skills Assessments

Skills assessments are crucial to the skills-based hiring process. They are the litmus test that helps employers determine if a candidate’s abilities align with the role’s requirements. Yet evaluating technical skills alone is not enough.

You must embrace a holistic approach to skills assessments to find the perfect fit for your team.


25 Years of Technology

Posted on by Dwayne Nesmith

SPECIAL REPORT
InfoWorld’s anniversary: 25 years of technology
A look back at technology developments in the last quarter century and predictions for the future
1979 – 1985: The Dawn of the PC
Personal computers meet the enterprise

1986 – 1995: The Networked Enterprise
LAN, Ethernet, Lotus Notes, Windows 95, and a connected workforce

1996 – 1999: The Internet Era
What a lovely bubble it was

2000 – 2003: The Age of (In)Security
Grappling with worms, viruses, and a devastating terrorist attack

Plus a look at the next 25 years.
The path to pervasive computing
Consumer electronics show us the way

Computers that mimic intelligence
Do computers need ‘brains’ to function intelligently?

The invisible workforce: IT in the future
As IT becomes invisible, so do the workers who keep it that way

After silicon: Biocomputing at work
Organic processes become the model for future technology

The visionaries
IT leaders make predictions about the future