{"id":11553,"date":"2022-08-24T05:02:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skills-base.com\/?p=11553"},"modified":"2022-08-24T05:03:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:03:17","slug":"why-every-tech-team-needs-to-invest-in-skills-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skills-base.com\/why-every-tech-team-needs-to-invest-in-skills-management","title":{"rendered":"Why Every Tech Team Needs to Invest in Skills Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11553\" class=\"elementor elementor-11553\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db87cb0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db87cb0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6ee4c4 sc_inner_width_none sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"b6ee4c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f219e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f219e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unemployment is at an all time low and the US <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/business\/layoffs-hiring-freezes-cameo-uber-facebook-thrasio\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">economy has added 428,000 new jobs<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Yet over the last few months, the technology sector in markets around the world have been consistently laying off staff; with more than <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/startups\/tech-layoffs-2022\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38,000 people laid off in the US alone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technology teams and organizations are at a crossroads. On one hand, they are being forced to cut staff and development spending for their teams, while on the other, also being asked to continue to deliver on the work at hand. This opens up a bunch of questions around how to best move forward:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do I still have the people with the right skills to do the job at hand?\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a hiring freeze, how do I know what skills I truly need to recruit for?\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I can\u2019t recruit, who can I invest in internally to develop and solve customer problems?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do I need to do to create opportunities for individualized career development?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can I ensure I\u2019m retaining the people I still have?\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tech leaders need to be data-driven in their decision making \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>and<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/us\/en\/insights\/topics\/talent\/skills-based-organizational-strategy.html?id=us:2sm:3ab:dius175573:eng:abt:081022&amp;pkid=1010640&amp;dysig_tid=79ad9c8660f542f59ddc2025cb3f75cb\"><b>it starts and ends with changing the lens from jobs, to skills.<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s where <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skills-base.com\/tour\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">skills management<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes in. A tool that removes dependence on spreadsheets and out-of-date data while empowering you with a centralized location for skills insights. This helps you understand skill gaps, skill strengths, and skill interests amongst your people.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Here are a few critical reasons why as a technology leader, you need to invest in skills management. <\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd7305f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd7305f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Team upskilling and reskilling<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8811b50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8811b50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to make the most of your training budget, and ensure a defensible position for additional investment that&#8217;s ruthlessly focused on measurable ROI. The reality is that each person in your team is at a different stage of their development. Each person has their own interests and desires, and <\/span><b>each form of training needs to be tailored to the skill gaps of the individual<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By investing in skills management, you invest in your workforce. Rather than pushing long expensive courses on your team, you can understand each individual skill gap, and assign micro-targeted courses to get them up to speed. You can then observe the application of specific training, to see what\u2019s working and what isn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not just upskilling and reskilling. <\/span><b>It\u2019s right-skilling.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EuGf5_SHLZw\">Check out how we assign training material to specific skill gaps &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc6e511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc6e511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Team growth and mobility<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-694d823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"694d823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The notion of the vertical career path is dead \u2013 and for good reason. With average tenure at historic lows, and career development being a major factor for retention, you need to give your people the opportunity to grow and thrive. It\u2019s not just a factor of promotion within their current roles, but understanding where skill adjacencies lie and interests lie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say there is a marketing gun in your organization who is fascinated by web development, HTML5, CSS and all things front-end. They have shown interest in development and are losing interest in the marketing function. By understanding these granular skills insights you can be proactive in giving that person opportunities to join the development team rather than that person leaving with their years of domain expertise.<\/span><\/p><p><b><\/b><b>The magic is that Skills Management lets you see the whole person, not just the title.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RmlJaXJ5wAM\">Check out how we provide insights into different career pathways &gt; <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45b3281 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45b3281\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Team focus<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ba5cf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ba5cf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When revenue is on the table, or new product functionality is being added, you need to ensure you have the right people, with the right skills, solving the problem at hand. By focusing on skills insights, you aren\u2019t just looking into the gaps, and interests, but instead you are seeing the whole picture of the strengths and attributes of your workforce both across the team and for each individual\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say you have a geographically dispersed field service team that you deploy to customer locations and sites. In time sensitive and high-value situations you need to ensure that you have the right skill set at your customer location. Skills Management software gives you the granular control to analyze your workforce, build teams and actively deploy people as you see fit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Reduce risk and deliver better customer outcomes.<\/b><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Tgj0O6Udh1c\">Check out how you can find skilled people in real-time &gt;<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1475e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b1475e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Team resilience<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f3f78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46f3f78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technology leaders and managers don\u2019t just have to solve the work today, but understand how to remain competitive in the future \u2013 as new technologies are deployed, and potential risks are uncovered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say that over the next 24 months you are investing in your product suite to enable Machine Learning insights for your user base. You are still unsure about what investment has to be made from a talent acquisition perspective to reach this goal. By identifying the skills you need, and then measuring your existing team, you can begin to gather the insights necessary to support not just hiring, but the development of internal candidates. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fd1e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28fd1e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Are you ready to help your tech team thrive? <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63b98b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63b98b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s employees have different expectations and are more open to reviewing their options. Having a laser focus on skills builds trust between employee, manager and employer. The skills data acts as a source of truth to support collaboration. By creating a skills based team, staff can feel confident things are working and their career is developing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you ready to help your tech team sit at the forefront of the industry? Regularly assessing skill and competency levels across your workforce with Skills Base can help. We work with technical teams every day and understand how important managing employee skills and competencies is, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skills-base.com\/schedule-a-demo\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>get in touch to see how we can help!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c23c4db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c23c4db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0456977 sc_inner_width_none sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"0456977\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f6f52d elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"5f6f52d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-comments\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74576c1 scheme_dark elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74576c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Ask us how Technology Teams are using Skills Base<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-339eb4c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"339eb4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skills-base.com\/schedule-a-demo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Schedule a time to chat<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unemployment is at an all time low and the US economy has added 428,000 new jobs. 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