Course curriculum

    1. 1.1 What is Skill-Based recruitment?

    2. 1.2 Understanding the Evolution of Recruitment Practices

    3. 1.3 Traditionally vs Skill based Recruitment

    4. 1.4 Key Concepts in Skill-Based Recruitment

    5. 1.5 The Importance of Skill-Based Recruitment in Modern Hiring

    1. 2.1 Skills vs. Competencies in Skill-based Recruitment

    2. 2.2 What is Skill Assessment?

    3. 2.3 Skill assessment as the process of evaluating candidates' abilities and proficiencies

    4. 2.4 Prioritizing Skills Based on Job Requirements

    5. 2.5 Benefits and Challenges of Skill-Based Recruitment

    1. 3.1 Skill Assessment Methods. Technical Tests and Assessments

    2. 3.2 Situational Judgment Tests

    3. 3.3 Portfolio review

    4. 3.4 Practical exercises or work samples

    5. 3.5 Behavioral interviews

    1. 4.1 Defining Essential Skills for Different Roles

    2. 4.2 How job analysis informs the identification of essential skills and competencies for a given role in skill-based recruitment?

    3. 4.3 Adapting Skill Criteria for Different Levels of Seniority

    4. 4.4 Adapting Skill Criteria for Entry and Mid-level

    5. 4.5 Adapting Skill Criteria for Senior and Executive levels

    1. 5.1 Skill-based interviewing as an approach focused on assessing candidates' skills

    2. 5.2 The importance of designing interview questions that target key job-related skills and behaviors

    3. 5.3 Designing skill-based interview questions

    4. 5.4 Case study where skill-based interviewing is employed

    5. 5.5 Example Skill-Based Interview Questions

About this course

  • 25 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

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What this skill-based recruitment course covers

Hire for demonstrated skills instead of degrees and job titles.

  • Widening your talent pool without lowering the bar

    Learn to write job postings and screen candidates around demonstrated skills, opening the door to qualified people that degree requirements quietly filter out.

  • Assessing skills you can actually verify

    Move past resume keywords to practical assessments and structured interviews that tell you whether a candidate can really do the job.

  • Who this course is for

    Talent acquisition teams ready to move past degree-gated hiring toward a skills-first recruiting model.