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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.


Political Parties Playing “Chicken” with American’s Well Being

Posted on by Dwayne Nesmith

 

There are many reasons why we must prevent going off the cliff. Some continue to argue the poor will do better under the cliff scenario than any other. That’s not true and here are some arguments for why the poor will do better under plans such as Simpson-Bowles and Domenici-Rivlin.

Simpson-Bowles and Domenici-Rivlin plans reduce rates, but raise substantial net revenue in a more progressive way than under the fiscal cliff. Going over the fiscal cliff increases tax rates and cuts tax credits, which according to Tax Policy Center, will reduce the aftertax income of the bottom quintile by almost 4 percent, and the second quintile by over 4 percent.

The fiscal cliff does not address Social Security, which would lead to beneficiaries receiving a benefit cut of 25 percent in 2033 if no action is taken. This must be prevented and both the Simpson-Bowles and Domenici-Rivlin plans do that with a combination of new revenue and new minimum benefits which protect and in some cases enhance benefits for low-income beneficiaries.