Talent Solutions Leader, Mercer Singapore
Chief Revenue Officer, Mercer Mettl
Vice President - International Sales, Mercer | Mettl
VP-HR, Global Talent Development, Virtusa
According to the World Economic Forum Report: Future of Jobs 2020, 50% of employees would need significant reskilling by 2022 to stay relevant in the job market. With rapid technological transformation and digitization, organizations are finding it hard to attract and retain key digital positions that are indispensable for a company’s growth right now. Keeping this in mind, Mercer Mettl, a global leader in talent assessments, recently conducted a webinar titled Bridging the Skills Gap for Tech Workforce of Today & Tomorrow.
Structured upskilling and reskilling for to counter continuously changing technological landscape and ways of working
How to build data backed reskilling strategy using structed assessments
How to build a future focused skilling strategy to upskill the tech workforce
Building targeted skilling programs using digital assessment tools
The assessments become key in terms of telling employees where they are in their development journey and what skills they need for the present as well as for future
The accelerated pace of digitization of businesses has primarily established that digital skills are not just business enablers but survival tactics
Skills can’t be viewed in silos and need to be put into a context of client landscape, career roadmap, ROI, readiness, etc.
It starts with what business you are in, and what the future holds for your business. Some other questions you need to ask are - What technology are you using today? What technology do you see yourself using in the future? What will put you ahead of the curve?
Organizations want to integrate something that will accelerate their learning objectives. The assessments provide them with a baselining methodology. The assessments become key in terms of telling employees where they are in their development journey.
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