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.


Best of 2010

Posted on by Dwayne Nesmith

It’s that time of year, when everyone was to put out their best of 2010 list. Here is my Best List of the Best of 2010 List.

Let’s start with Esquires 102 things to be proud of in 2010.

 

Best of 2010: Things that made us proud

Esquire

PMA’s Best Songs of 2010

Pretty Much Amazing

10 Best Songs of 2010

AOL Radio

United State of Pop

DJ Earworm

The 10 Best Books of 2010

New York Times

Best of 2010: Books

Miami Herald

Best Feature Films of 2010

Roger Ebert’s Journal from the Sun Times

50 Best Movies of 2010

MovieFone Blog

Best of 2010: TV

TV.com

Best of 2010: Games

Game Spot

Mossberg’s Best and Worst Products of 2010

Walter Mossberg – All Things Digital from the Wall Street Journal

The Best of 2010’s Animals in the News

AOL News

Best of 2010: People’s list of lists

People
  Best Blogs of 2010   Time

13 Most Memorable Political Quotes of 2010

Politics Daily

Top Stories from 2010 (VIDEO)

   Huffington Post
  The Best of 2010   Washington Post
  Pictures: 2010 in News   LA Times
  Best Tech Ideas of the Year   David Pogue Personal Tech New York Times
  Best/Worst PR Moves of 2010   PR News Online

 

And we’ll wrap it up with DJ Earworm’s video tribute to the United State of Pop 2010.