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Gap Analysis & Role Profiles
Upskill or Hire? Using Skills Data to Make the Cheaper Choice
Before you post a job, check whether someone already has most of the skill. Skills data makes upskill-or-hire a real decision.
Building a Skills Summary Dashboard Leadership Will Actually Read
Leadership doesn't want the matrix; they want the headline. Here's the handful of metrics a skills dashboard should surface.
Running a Company-Wide Skills Audit: A Step-by-Step Checklist
A skills audit gives you a clean baseline of what your workforce can do. Here's a step-by-step protocol to run one well.
Skills Gap Analysis in Excel vs. Dedicated Software: When to Switch
You can run a gap analysis in Excel — until the formulas, copies, and manual recalcs become the bottleneck. Here's the switch point.
Using O*NET Occupation Templates to Define Role Requirements Faster
O*NET already maps occupations to their typical skills. Use those occupation templates as a head start on every role profile.
Building a Competency Framework Beyond a Standard Skills Taxonomy
A competency framework defines your organization's own skills and proficiency descriptors when the standard taxonomy doesn't fit.
How to Build a Department-Level Skills Gap Report
Individual gaps tell one story; department aggregates tell leadership where to act. Here's how to build the rolled-up report.