What are competency gaps?
Competency gap is defined as the difference between the current competency level of your employees and the required competency level.
What are some skill gaps?
Top 5 most lacking soft skills
- Critical thinking/problem solving. A whopping 60 percent of hiring managers believe candidates lack critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Attention to detail. Attention to detail came in as the second most lacking soft skill at 56 percent.
- Communication.
- Leadership.
- Teamwork.
How are competency gaps determined?
Get to the heart of your most pressing skills gaps with this simplified 5-step process:
- 1) Identify your Company’s Objectives.
- 2) What skills are needed to achieving these aims?
- 3) Identify What Skills Employees Already Have.
- 4) Gather Data, Analyze and Compare.
- 5) Start Closing Gaps.
How do you fill competency gap?
What’s in?
- Plan your analysis.
- Define your organization’s future goals.
- Catch up on the future of work trends.
- Determine key skills needed for the future.
- Measure the current skills.
- Find out where the gaps are.
- Put your findings into action.