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.

Goodbye Dennis!

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Dwayne Nesmith

While the world’s media was saying goodbye to Steve Jobs, another industry giant, Dennis Ritchie, passed away with barely a mention outside the technical community. Finally, people are beginning to take note and remember a man who gave us much of the foundation which makes our computing infrastructure possible and hopefully taught us a thing or two along the way. Here are a few notable obituaries:

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Dennis Ritchie obituary – The Guardian
Dennis Ritchie, Trailblazer in Digital Era, Dies at 70 – NYTimes
Dennis Ritchie, Encyclopedia of World Biography