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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Most employers agree that it’s smart to prioritize skills over degrees. Here is the Avilar Competency Model and how it can help your workforce management. “A competency model is a showcasing of what skills are necessary for a position within a company. These models can help professionals understand their requirements for a role or what competencies they might need to excel within the position.” – Indeed Editorial Team With employers embracing skills-based hiring, there is sweeping agreement that

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Recruiting and hiring new employees is complex and making a bad hire can be a costly mistake. Can employee skills assessments really help avoid a mis-hire? When recruiting and hiring new employees, your primary goal is to find the best talent available for the job. That means identifying someone who has the skills to do the work, the aptitude to continue to learn and grow, and values that align with your company’s mission and culture.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Skills-based hiring has its benefits. For company leaders who see the big picture, it’s just the first good step to great changes. Everybody’s talking about it. And many companies are doing it. Google is doing it. Accenture, Bank of America, and IBM are doing it. Even the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is doing it. What is the “it” that these organizations are doing?

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JANUARY 17, 2024

As business and HR leaders, how can we successfully engage the newest workforce generation? Here are six factors that motivate Gen Z in the workplace. According to the World Economic Forum , Generation Z (Gen Z) will make up about a quarter of the world’s workforce by 2025. Loosely defined as those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2010s, these digital natives are a large, diverse, socially aware, and tech-savvy group.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Effective leaders adapt to the times. Here are the top leadership skills for business that’s needed in 2024, and why each is so important right now. Companies, markets, technologies, and cultures continuously evolve. But the need for strong leadership never changes. It’s the details – the specific leadership skills – that change with the times. A leader in a growth economy, for example, should be skilled at innovation and partnership building.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

While no one knows exactly what the future of workforce management holds, here are six trends with staying power for 2024. In the ever-evolving landscape of workforce management, business and HR leaders must stay ahead of the curve to ensure the success and resilience of their organizations. While no one knows exactly what the future holds, we are tracking emerging and persistent trends that are shaping the year ahead.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) publicly shares its Competency Models. Here’s how the OPM competency models can support your workforce planning. In the ever-evolving landscape of business, workforce planning is a critical aspect of organizational success. And managing workforce skills and competencies is essential for workforce planning.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Employee benefits attract and retain workers. After all, perks like health insurance and paid vacation show how you prioritize their wellness and enjoyment. Additionally, our post “How to Engage and Retain New College Graduates” discusses how offering compelling benefits retains newer hires, too. Fresh graduates bring new perspectives, preferences, and talents to the workplace that can benefit your company.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We reflect with gratitude on changes, challenges, and celebrations this year. Here are seven workplace trends, tools, and technologies to be grateful for. Businesses constantly adapt to industry dynamics, technology advancements, and ever-shifting business priorities. In this season of gratitude, we reflect on some of the changes, challenges, and celebrations that are shaping the modern workforce.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

If not well planned, companies run the risk of mismanaging a layoff or reduction in force. Here’s how to layoff employees the right way for a smooth transition. Recent headlines are riddled with layoff announcements. Despite a surplus of job openings, employers across industries are reducing the size of their workforce. Liberty Mutual, Ford, General Motors, Nokia, Amgen, LinkedIn and the Washington Post have all announced layoffs in recent weeks.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

The gig economy is booming, benefiting both employers and gig workers. What are the factors shaping the impact of the gig economy on your future workforce? Freelance work. Side hustle. Contract work. Gigs. Whatever name is given to independent work – and the workers engaged in it – the gig economy is booming. Once associated with low fees and little opportunity, “gig work” has been claimed by a younger, modern workforce as the ultimate in flexibility.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

With ChatGPT, generative AI has ushered in a new era of cybersecurity. Here are seven ways to protect your organization from generative AI cyberattacks. October 2023 marks the 20th Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a government-industry collaboration to raise awareness about digital security and encourage people to protect data from cybercrime. While cyber criminals have always evolved their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems and networks, one

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Twenty-something Megan is a software developer who switched from full-time to a 30-hour workweek. Why? What’s working? What’s her advice to employers? This is our fifth blog for our “Inside Voices” series, periodic interviews of professionals at different points in the employee lifecycle , to hear about their experiences and insights around skills and competencies.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

With so many natural and man-made threats, how can companies prepare? Here are four must-have elements to include in your disaster recovery plan checklist. Hurricane Idalia. Hawaii wildfires. Flooding in California and Alaska. Severe storms in Illinois, Mississippi, and Vermont. Numerous cyberattacks targeting healthcare, manufacturing, education, and other sectors.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Find out how Avilar helped one training company to start offering online courses to their law enforcement students – and automate reporting to the state. Corporations, nonprofits, educational institutions, and training businesses around the world routinely use learning management systems (LMS) to deliver and track training. For many training companies, the management of students’ certifications is also a key LMS feature.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

While not everyone agrees on whether a skills gap actually exists, one thing is clear: the skills gap question is trending. Is it a myth or reality? A quick scan of Google and LinkedIn garners these headlines: “U.S. job openings hit a record high.” “Nearly half of companies say they don’t have the skills they need.” “Industries look to high school grads to fill skills gap.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Business leaders are exploring how to responsibly adopt AI to augment worker contributions. How can AI help close the skills gap of their workforce? Though artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for decades – with technological advancements appearing in fits and starts over the past 50 years – nothing has quite captured the imagination of the world like Open AI’s release of ChatGPT in late 2022.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Business leaders are exploring how to responsibly adopt AI to augment worker contributions. How can AI help close the skills gaps of their workforce? Though artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for decades – with technological advancements appearing in fits and starts over the past 50 years – nothing has quite captured the imagination of the world like Open AI’s release of ChatGPT in late 2022.

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JULY 21, 2023

After 30 years, a director at a family-owned business moved to a competitor. How did the firm’s lack of progress and succession plan prompt Amy to leave? This is our fourth blog for our “Inside Voices” series, periodic interviews of professionals at different points in the employee lifecycle , to hear about their experiences and insights around skills and competencies.

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JULY 6, 2023

Attracting non-degreed employees is a first step. Now, how do you create a workplace where new-collar workers help transform your workforce success? More and more companies are sold on the benefits of skills-based hiring and are actively removing the four-year college degree requirement for many of their jobs. They are actively seeking out talent from a more diverse talent pool – both to fill jobs they’ve had trouble filling and to improve the diversity of their workforce.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Companies are increasingly turning to competency libraries to be more aligned, agile, and adaptable. What is a competency library? How can it help? In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations need to be aligned, agile, and adaptable. Yet the changing nature of work, from remote and hybrid setups to shifting workforce demographics and evolving technologies, makes it challenging to identify, develop, and assess the skills that drive a company forward.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Since first introduced decades ago, the number of learning management systems has snowballed. Here are seven top picks for your SME LMS Features Checklist. Since first introduced decades ago, the number of learning management systems (LMSs) has snowballed, and feature sets have evolved to keep up with the times. Still, the core purpose of an LMS remains unchanged: deliver, track, and manage employees’ training.

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MAY 16, 2023

Just before Suzanne, a registered dietitian, turned 60, she accepted a job at the 800-bed teaching hospital where she started her career 30 years before. This is our third blog for our “Inside Voices” series, periodic interviews of professionals at different points in their careers – and in the employee lifecycle – to hear about their experiences and insights around skills and competencies.

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MAY 3, 2023

No company needs a static set of workforce skills. What developments shape today’s skills wish list? What are the top skills employers look for today? The set of workforce skills that any company needs is constantly changing.As market conditions, industry developments, technological advancements, company priorities, and other factors change, so must the company’s list of relevant skills.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Intuition and gut feelings don’t work for strategic business decisions. Here are eight benefits of making skills data-driven decisions for the workforce. “When you know, you know.” This glib claim is often uttered by people who believe in their own intuition and gut feelings. What they’re saying is that, despite indicators that might contradict their preconceived notions, they are willing and confident to decide on their own what to do next.

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APRIL 4, 2023

Companies are adopting talent mapping as one way to be more strategic in their talent management. What is talent mapping? How does it benefit your company? In recent years, recruitment firms started touting a “talent mapping” approach to finding high-potential candidates for future talent needs. It’s a more proactive approach than the traditional “just in time” hiring tactic designed to pull in new employees to fill immediate needs.

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MARCH 21, 2023

Zach is in college and works part-time at a car wash, where his boss is a mentor. This “Inside Voices” blog shares his insights on how to be a good mentor. This is our second blog for our “Inside Voices” series, periodic interviews of professionals at different points in their careers – and in the employee lifecycle – to hear about their experiences and insights around skills and competencies.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

As the economy slows, businesses want to get the most out of their workers. Here’s how to increase productivity in the workplace in times of slow growth. For more than a decade, businesses have focused on growth. A strong economy and low interest rates prompted companies to confidently invest in technologies and innovations designed to broaden their portfolio, gain competitive advantage, and increase revenues.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Competency management systems are used by companies to track and manage workforce skills. What are the top must-have features to look for? Across the country, there’s been a measurable shift toward focusing on skills when making hiring and other workforce decisions. To reach a broader talent pool, an increasing number of employers are eliminating the college degree requirement in many of their job descriptions – relying, instead, on clear skills needed for the role.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Companies use competency management systems to track and manage workforce skills. What are the top must-have features of a competency management system? Across the country, there’s been a measurable shift toward focussing on skills when making hiring and other workforce decisions. To reach a broader talent pool, an increasing number of employers are eliminating the college degree requirement in many of their job descriptions – relying, instead, on clear skills needed for the role.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

Are you looking for the best talent management company for your organization? Don’t rule out the little guy. Here are six reasons a lesser-known talent management company may be the right fit for you. When leaders at small and mid-sized companies need new technologies – including talent management systems – they often have a long list of vendors, products, and solution sets to choose from.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

2022 was a milestone year! 25 years in business, expanded services, and industry recognition are just some highlights of what we accomplished together. 2022 was a milestone year for Avilar! We marked 25 years in business, expanded services to new and existing customers, earned industry recognition for our thought leadership, and continued product enhancements to help our clients solve their workforce issues.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Hiring from known talent pools can create too much “sameness.” Here’s why a multicultural workplace wins out over a monocultural environment, every time. It’s often said that the best workers come as referrals from current employees. That’s one reason that so many companies offer employee bonuses for referring a friend or colleague who is hired by the company.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Technology advancements, the way we work, and market conditions are changing. And they’re shaping six trends driving future workplace skills for 2023. Technology is evolving. The way we work is changing. Conditions in local and global marketplaces continue to shift. These developments are reshaping the skills we need in our workplaces to keep up or move ahead.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

To evaluate your workplace leaders’ readiness to handle our new world of work, here are a few questions you should be asking. How we work has drastically changed in recent years and at an unprecedented pace. Companies shifted to a remote or hybrid work setup, conversations on productivity and mental health circulated, and technology became a must-have for the workplace.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

What is a competency model and how do we use one? Here are some competency model examples that will help you better manage your employee skillsets. When talking to business and HR leaders about how to solve workforce issues, one of the most common questions we get is, “What, exactly, is a competency model?” Often, that’s followed by, “Do we need one?”.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

Cohort-based learning may replace disappointing MOOCs to engage corporate learners. What is cohort-based learning? Is it right for your organization? A decade ago, the learning world was touting the emergence of massive open online courses (MOOCs) as a giant step forward in making content accessible to all. Big-name higher educational institutions opened up much of their course content to the general public – for free or a low fee.

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