+NOWLEDGE-EASUREMENT)NTERNATIONALIKM for Skill AuditsAssessments designed to produce a comprehensive profi le of employee strengths, weaknesses and profi ciency for improved skill auditing Most organizations manage their employee skill sets in IKM Knowledge Measurement an ad-hoc and gradual fashion, resulting in a low return Solutionson investment for training, and limiting recruitment success. By incorporating a knowledge measurement IKM’s suite of industry specifi c assessments allows detailed skill solution into your skills management best practices, audits to be performed in the quickest and most cost effi cient way. Producing a comprehensive Profi ciency Profi le™ of you will be able to optimize your investment in skills knowledge, skill and behavior, IKM’s knowledge measurement development and recruitment, improving overall ROI.solutions will determine:Using IKM’s knowledge measurement solutions to Necessary knowledgeperform skill audits will allow you to: Understanding Practical experience Understand your existing skill base for a Work speedproject, department or across the enterprise Overall Strengths and weaknesses Perform Skill Gap Analysis at the individual, Attitudesdepartmental and enterprise levels Aptitudes Identify and customize required training IKM’s knowledge measurement packages are continually being programs at the individual and group levelsdeveloped and can be viewed by visiting Identify recruitment ...
Assessments designed to produce a comprehensive profile of employee strengths, weaknesses and proficiency for improved skill auditingMost organizations manage their employee skill sets in IKMKnowledge Measurement an adhoc and gradual fashion, resulting in a low return on investment for training, and limiting recruitmentSolutions success. Byincorporating a knowledge measurement IKM’s suite of industry specific assessments allows detailed skill solution into your skills management best practices,audits to be performed in the quickest and most cost efficient you will be able to optimize your investment in skillsa comprehensive Proficiency Profile™ ofway. Producing knowledge, skill and behavior, IKM’s knowledge measurement development and recruitment, improving overall ROI. solutions will determine: Using IKM’s knowledge measurement solutions to •Necessary knowledge perform skill audits will allow you to: •Understanding •Practical experience • Understandyour existing skill base for a •Work speed project, department or across the enterprise •Overall Strengths and weaknesses • PerformSkill Gap Analysis at the individual,•Attitudes departmental and enterprise levels•Aptitudes • Identifyand customize required training IKM’s knowledge measurement packages are continually being programs at the individual and group levels developed and can be viewed by visiting • Identifyrecruitment requirements based onsample of assessmenthttp://ikmnet.com/available. A categories available to perform skill audits includes: skill gaps •Information technology •a skills database for detailed Develop •Sales searches for future projects •Clerical: Office, Legal, Medical, Accounting •the impact and ROI of training Measure •Computing programs •Aptitude and Attitude •Call center •a ‘best practices’ approach to skills Adopt •Food services management •Healthcare • Linkassessments to your Learning Management Systems (LMS) to optimize talent management efforts
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UsingIKM for Skill Audit Best Practices
Develop job and skill descriptions Identify key roles and core skills required by the organization Use subject matter experts to refine high level skill definitions and providebenchmarking for future assessments and recruitmentrequirements Map skills to jobs and identify skill importance and proficiencyratings
Define organizational skill requirements Understand direction of organization and anticipated projects resultingfrom that direction Forecast‘headcount’ for each job type Gather and analyze data based on management staffing and projectplans
• Assessmentresults can be anonymous • UniqueAdaptive Methodology ideally suited to periodic skills measurement • Trackprogress of employees’ knowledge and experience • Confirmappropriate levels of skills/knowledge before projects begin • Assessmentresults can be stored in a LMS
PowerfulFunctionality IKM’s solutions offer powerful functionality so that you can perform all the tasks required for a successful skill audit.Depending on the assessment package used, IKM’s solutions include:
Conduct Skills Inventory •Easy and intelligent reporting Use webbased assessments to identify absolute strengths and weaknessesin current skill base •Standard or customized assessments Use assessment methodology that will provide greatest result detailand integrity •Accessible from any computer with an Internet Provide selfassessment capabilities for staff Allow anonymity of resultsconnection •Assessments available in multiple languages •Unique methodology for faster and more Results Analysis and Reporting accurate assessment results Provide overall understanding of base line skill set in the organization Provide foundation for conducting a skill gap analysis •How many qualified people do we need in each job? •What training is required? Benefitsof Using Knowledge •What recruitment is required? Measurement for Skill Audits Providesa cost efficient way of conducting an Define, Prioritize &Define and Executeinventory of skills Evaluate TrainingRecruitment Drive Eliminatestime associated with a manual survey process Training courses andRecruitment objectives need to Improvestraining ROI unnecessary training is reduced objectives need to be matchedbe matched to the required skills. Increasesrecruitment success as candidates are closely to the required skills.Focus on important skills Focuson important skillsConduct brief assessments aligned to the skills required by the organization Identifygaps in trainingto develop a shortlist of quality coveragecandidates Develop training priorities atSchedule more detailed Workingin Partnership an individual or enterprise levelassessments for shortlisted Evaluatetraining at regularcandidates IKM works with organizations in partnership to ensure they are intervals to ensureIdentify candidates absolute effectivenessstrengths and weaknesses andbetter positioned to make informed decisions on recruitment and overallproficiency employee training programs. Select candidates with the rightskills to balance gap inContact IKM Regional Offices to begin the process of enhancing organization workforce knowledge management across the enterprise. IKM Regional Offices http://ikmnet.com/contact
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