Skills Development | Skills Gaps

Build or Buy?

That’s a question many organizations are asking as resources tighten. Looking internally to the people you’ve already invested in before engaging external talent pools saves time and money.

To realize these savings, you’ll need to understand exactly what skills need developing and what skills your people already have — even if they aren’t using them in their current role today.

Measure Skills Across Your Organization

Uncover skills gaps and underutilized skills in your workforce, and use data to drive targeted planning for acquisition, development, and deployment.

Skills Assessment
Personalized Development
Immediate Insights

Precision in Skills Assessment

Measure 96 workplace skills with just one 15-minute assessment, giving employees and organizations a precise view of their skills today.

In measuring all 96 skills, organizations can see the skills that employees have, outside of what they are presently using in their current job.

Personalized Skills Development

Empower employees with clear, personalized direction to evolve their skills in alignment with your organization’s goals.

Help them realize their skills potential, strengths, and development opportunities with feedback that they can turn into actionable steps.

Employees and HR benefit from scalable delivery with consistent support for skills development across your organization.

Immediate Insights

Gain a comprehensive view of all 96 workplace skills to identify strengths and areas for improvement at the individual or group level, ensuring targeted development. With powerful data visualizations and the ability to repurpose Global Skills Assessment data collected during hiring, HR teams and leaders are equipped to make informed decisions.

Assess Once and Support Multiple Use Cases

Skills-based Talent Audit

Scientifically identify the skills of individuals, teams, departments, and organizations.

Upskilling and Reskilling

Support employees and Line Managers in creating skills-based development plans.

Skills-based Onboarding

Re-use skills assessment data collected during hiring, employees can gain insight into their skills strengths and development areas to support their onboarding and career development.

“Companies that operate in a more dynamic, more skills-centric way are clearly outperforming their peers”

Josh Bersin, SHL Virtual Summit 2024

Skills Development: Demo Hub

Our interactive tours will show you how to uncover strengths and skills gaps on your team.

Employee Experience: Guided Tour

Take an interactive experience, from assessment to development.

2-3 minutes

Take the Tour

shl skills development insights dashboard guided tour

Insights Dashboards: Guided Tour

Take an interactive tour of your insights dashboard to experience real-time skills identification at both an individual and group level.

2-3 minutes

Take the Tour

SHL has not only helped us understand the skills of individuals within our business, but also enabled us to provide personalized skills-based development plans—empowering employees to own their own career development.

David Blackburn

Most Awarded Chief People Officer in the UK who has worked with FSCS & Mencap

10 Essential Skills for Business Transformation

Having objective, aggregated skills data enables organizations to address various strategic talent questions. SHL conducted research to identify the skills essential for success in different types of business transformations and assessed the global availability of these skills. Discover which skills ranked highest.

"45% of companies are looking to reinvent their entire business within the next decade."

Josh Bersin, SHL Virtual Summit 2024

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Find out what skills you have in your organization today!

Drive skill development with targeted insights at scale and lay the groundwork for your organization’s growth and adaptability in an evolving business environment.

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Discover Strengths and Skills Gaps Across Your Entire Workforce

Objectively measure and map 96 behavioral skills to view at an individual, team, or entire workforce level. Make effective development investments while helping employees take charge of their learning journey.

Build or Buy?