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Understand Skillful’s Skill Works training series

How to write a skills-based job posting

How to implement in a state workforce system

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Skill Works Series Overview

Skill Works 101: Attract the Right

Talent

Skill Works 102: Candidate Evaluation

Skill Works 103: Selection and Onboarding

Skill Works 201: Employee Retention

Methodology

Remove credential requirements when possible

Use competencies specific to the job

Reduce bias

Helps you find talent in a tight labor market

Provides consistency

Inclusive to all qualified applicants

Overview of Skills-Based Hiring

Benefits

Uses proxies (degrees, work experience) to assume skill mastery.

How is a Skills-Based Job Posting Different?

Traditional Job Posting

Includes a laundry list of requirements

Uses language that may contain unintentional biases

Uses skills that are needed to do the job.

Skills-Based Job Posting

Uses thoughtful language to reduce bias

Clearly distinguishes between required and trainable skills.

Sources: Burning Glass and BLS dataNotes: Included only occupations with annual salary greater than $45,000 per year, and at least 1,000 jobs in the state.

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Degree Inflation in Colorado

5,789,200 labor force in Ohio1

Estimated only 77,904 potential applicants or 1.3% of the total Ohio labor force are “qualified” using traditional hiring practices when hiring for a manufacturing job.

30% eliminated by bias3

90% eliminated due to lack of manufacturing experience4

108,200 available applicants

72% are unemployed or actively seeking work5

77,904 available applicants

Traditional Hiring Costs in Manufacturing

73.3% eliminated with degree requirement2

1,082,001 available applicants

1,545,716 available applicants

6Source: EMSIData Pull: Ohio, Oct. 2018

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Source: EMSIData Pull: Ohio, Oct. 2018

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Source: EMSIData Pull: Ohio, Oct. 2018

Why Skills-Based Hiring

Bachelor’s Degree

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Technical SkillsExperience

SOURCE: Stanford Research Institute International and the Carnegie Melon Foundation

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Implementation and Partnership

Crucial partnersOur approach

Train-the-trainer

Training and direct service delivery

Developed collaboratively

Associations and sector partnershipsTech partners

Workforce system

Economic developmentLocal chambers

Consultants

HR groups

Digital content