READ TIME: 4 minutes. Businesses and employees are grappling with how to build skills for generative AI adoption. How is AI used in the workplace? Is your workforce ready? There’s no denying that the rapid and recent emergence of generative artificial intelligence is a transformative force, reshaping the way we work and interact with technology. And, as with other transformative technologies that have come before, businesses and employees are grappling with how to optimize adoption while aligning and preparing workers for what’s next. How is AI used in the workplace? Is your workforce ready? A ..read more

READ TIME: 4 minutes. Gaining a competitive edge comes from every employee having the right skills to drive success. What is workforce optimization? What does it look like? In today’s fast-paced business world, staying ahead of the curve requires more than simply having a talented workforce. Gaining a competitive edge is about ensuring that every team member has, and is using, the right skills to drive success. That’s where workforce optimization comes in. But what is workforce optimization? What does it look like? What is Workforce Optimization? At its core, workforce optimization is the proc ..read more

READ TIME: 4 minutes. Is your organization working together to achieve your goals? Take these five steps to up your competency management game in 2024. NOTE: This blog was originally published on Jan. 3, 2019 and has been updated for more relevancy. Think ahead to this time next year. What if you didn’t have to wonder where your employees shine? What if you knew exactly who you needed to recruit? If your workers were proudly and confidently mastering the things that matter most? And your leadership team knew – down to their toes – that the entire organization was working together to achieve ..read more

READ TIME: 4 minutes To the delight of business and HR leaders, employees are prioritizing stability at work. The Big Stay of 2023 is sticking around for 2024. Here’s why. After the “Great Resignation” of 2020-2022, where waves of employees voluntarily resigned from their jobs, we started seeing a “Big Stay” trend in the spring of 2023. To the delight of business and HR leaders, employees started to settle into their new positions, prioritizing stability at work. The shift wasn’t accidental or random. And it looks like the Big Stay of 2023 continues in 2024. Here’s why. What is the Big Stay? W ..read more

Most employers agree that it’s smart to prioritize skills over degrees. Here is the Avilar Competency Model and how it can help your workforce management. “A competency model is a showcasing of what skills are necessary for a position within a company. These models can help professionals understand their requirements for a role or what competencies they might need to excel within the position.” – Indeed Editorial Team With employers embracing skills-based hiring, there is sweeping agreement that a focus on skills over degrees has many benefits. Yet there is still confusion around how to mak ..read more

Recruiting and hiring new employees is complex and making a bad hire can be a costly mistake. Can an employee skills assessment really help avoid a mis-hire? When recruiting and hiring new employees, your primary goal  is to find the best talent available for the job. That means identifying someone who has the skills to do the work, the aptitude to continue to learn and grow, and values that align with your company’s mission and culture. It’s a complex process. And most companies get it wrong from time to time. In fact, one Career Builder survey found that 75% of employers have made at l ..read more

Skills-based hiring has its benefits. For company leaders who see the big picture, it’s just the first good step to great changes. Everybody’s talking about it. And many companies are doing it. Google is doing it. Accenture, Bank of America, and IBM are doing it. Even the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is doing it.  What is the “it” that these organizations are doing? They’re all shifting their hiring practices to evaluate applicants based on skills, regardless of educational background. They are ending the college degree requirement for many job openings, shifting the focus to skil ..read more

As business and HR leaders, how can we successfully engage the newest workforce generation? Here are six factors that motivate Gen Z in the workplace. According to the World Economic Forum, Generation Z (Gen Z) will make up about a quarter of the world’s workforce by 2025. Loosely defined as those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2010s, these digital natives are a large, diverse, socially aware, and tech-savvy group. They value work-life balance and corporate social responsibility. They’ve also been labeled “entitled” and, in a survey by Resume Builder, “difficult to work with ..read more

Effective leaders adapt to the times. Here are the top leadership skills for business that’s needed in 2024, and why each is so important right now. Companies, markets, technologies, and cultures continuously evolve. But the need for strong leadership never changes. It’s the details – the specific leadership skills – that change with the times. A leader in a growth economy, for example, should be skilled at innovation and partnership building. But in a declining economy, an effective leader must make clear decisions about how to harness limited resources for the greatest gain. As we step into ..read more

While no one knows exactly what the future of workforce management holds, here are six trends with staying power for 2024. In the ever-evolving landscape of workforce management, business and HR leaders must stay ahead of the curve to ensure the success and resilience of their organizations. While no one knows exactly what the future holds, we are tracking emerging and persistent trends that are shaping the year ahead. If you’re thinking about the future of workforce management, here are six trends with staying power for 2024. Generative Artificial Intelligence is On the Rise Artificial intel ..read more