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.


Penn State’s Path Forward is Difficult but Obvious

Posted on by Dwayne Nesmith

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh states clearly that the four leaders (Graham Spanier, Joe Paterno, Gary Schultz, and Tim Curley) responsible for handling the allegations against Sandusky did little if anything to protect the victims, while doing much to prevent damage to Penn State’s reputation. Unconscionable!

Will the new leadership step up and accept the reports findings? They need to help the victims and work to not only ensure this does not happen again at Penn State, but to prevent if from happening anywhere.