Ep 403: The Skills Challenge
Skills shortages have always been an issue for employers and have certainly come into sharp focus in recent months. Skills mapping, predicting future skills requirements and opening up talent pools via hybrid and remote working are just some of the solutions employers will be looking at in 2022.\n\nSo what kind of strategies should talent acquisition and HR leaders be planning, and how can technology help?\n\nMy first guest of the year is Vanessa Tierney, CEO of Abodoo. Vanessa's organisation recently surveyed 100 HR Directors and C-Level Executives\nfrom the world's best companies to work for and asked their\nopinion about their firm's working strategy, talent, workforce, and\nsocial infrastructure. Unsurprisingly skills were the number one issue.\n\nIn the interview, we discuss:\n\nAttrition and skills shortages\n\nOpening up talent pools globally via remote and hybrid working\n\nHow do you make people feel connected?\n\nAdapting working models\n\nPresenteeism\n\nHow can employers better understand the skills in their workforce?\n\nHard and soft skills matching.\n\nPredicting future skills requirements and understanding gaps\n\nSpotting opportunities in geographical skills clusters\n\nDriving inclusivity in talent identification\n\nThe Metaverse\n\nAdvice on selecting HR and Recruiting Technology\n\nWhat should we expect in the medium and long term future?\n\nListen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.