In this task, I will describe how ABC College identifies the skills that
employees require to carry out jobs.
There are several ways through which the college can identify the
required skills. Some of these processes are by assessing the desired
skills set, skills audit, skills transferability, skills acquisition and by
determining the impact of technology.
To begin with, a skills audit is a procedure that is used to identify the skill
gaps in an organisation. In other words, it is a review of employees’
existing skills against the skills that they will need both now and in the
future. It can help to identify existing skills, figure out which additional
skills they may need to carry out a role more effectively and to develop
overall knowledge as well. Through this process, a company investigates
what skills their employees have and from this, identify whether certain
individuals need to develop their skills and how. A business might also
assess the existing skills which an employee has and thus find out
whether these skills match new organisational objectives. In many cases,
some employees may already have the necessary skills, but may not be
using them. As such, the business concerned, can transfer an employee
to a different department where their skills might be more useful.
Therefore, in this situation, the ABC College might use these existing
employees instead of employing new external staff. This process is known
as skills transferability.
In short, without the information from a skills audit, an organisation will
not know where to improve. Another advantage of the skills audit is that,
it enables future training and development to be better targeted. The
business will be aware of which aspects need further consideration and
thus improve, based on the results of the skills audit. Also, as a result, the
employers will already know which skills they lack and thus better define
their recruitment criteria to address this shortage and this is more likely to
result in the most appropriate candidate being employed.
Moving on, nowadays, technology is changing the way people work and
this has had a significant impact on the number of employees that
organisations need to employ, their resources and level of technical
expertise required. As technology is evolving at a fast pace, employees
with a high technological expertise have an advantage over those who do
not. Changes do not always mean fewer employees in ABC College’s
case, but simply that there are changes to the skills required. For
instance, as ABC College is an educational institution, the teachers are
expected to have good IT skills as they need to have the ability to teach
employees require to carry out jobs.
There are several ways through which the college can identify the
required skills. Some of these processes are by assessing the desired
skills set, skills audit, skills transferability, skills acquisition and by
determining the impact of technology.
To begin with, a skills audit is a procedure that is used to identify the skill
gaps in an organisation. In other words, it is a review of employees’
existing skills against the skills that they will need both now and in the
future. It can help to identify existing skills, figure out which additional
skills they may need to carry out a role more effectively and to develop
overall knowledge as well. Through this process, a company investigates
what skills their employees have and from this, identify whether certain
individuals need to develop their skills and how. A business might also
assess the existing skills which an employee has and thus find out
whether these skills match new organisational objectives. In many cases,
some employees may already have the necessary skills, but may not be
using them. As such, the business concerned, can transfer an employee
to a different department where their skills might be more useful.
Therefore, in this situation, the ABC College might use these existing
employees instead of employing new external staff. This process is known
as skills transferability.
In short, without the information from a skills audit, an organisation will
not know where to improve. Another advantage of the skills audit is that,
it enables future training and development to be better targeted. The
business will be aware of which aspects need further consideration and
thus improve, based on the results of the skills audit. Also, as a result, the
employers will already know which skills they lack and thus better define
their recruitment criteria to address this shortage and this is more likely to
result in the most appropriate candidate being employed.
Moving on, nowadays, technology is changing the way people work and
this has had a significant impact on the number of employees that
organisations need to employ, their resources and level of technical
expertise required. As technology is evolving at a fast pace, employees
with a high technological expertise have an advantage over those who do
not. Changes do not always mean fewer employees in ABC College’s
case, but simply that there are changes to the skills required. For
instance, as ABC College is an educational institution, the teachers are
expected to have good IT skills as they need to have the ability to teach
