How a skills-based approach can strengthen the workforce

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Replenishing the labor pool. It’s well understood by now that the pandemic rewrote the rules of the labor market. COVID-19 ushered in a whole new lexicon we use to talk about work in the modern era: the Great Attrition, quiet quitting, WFH, video call shirt. The shakeup has been difficult for many. But it’s also an opportunity to reexamine the way we work, from hiring, to mentoring, training, and promoting. A new, skills-based approach—rather than the traditional reliance on degrees and job titles—can help organizations not only sustain a more inclusive workforce, but build resilience through economic uncertainty. In a new article, McKinsey partner Bryan Hancock, senior partner Jonathan Law, and their coauthors analyze research McKinsey conducted in partnership with the Rework America Alliance to offer organizations lessons on how to build a skills-based employment approach. Check it out and see how employers and workers can both benefit from this new workforce normal.

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