How to Use this Guide
The following resource is a central guide to an end-to-end skill-based talent management cycle. Below, you will find a sequential list of different resources that will instruct users on each step of the talent pipeline from demand planning to employee onboarding. The intent of this guide is to redesign the talent management process in a way that is based on role-specific skills and designed to be neuroinclusive.
❖ Who?
Anyone can use this guide as an informational resource. For hiring managers and talent professionals, it can be used more practically as a step-by-step roadmap for improving the neuroinclusivity of your hiring process.
❖ What?
This guide is a step-by-step comprehensive overview of a skill-based, neuroinclusive talent management process. Some users may want to open and follow every step listed below. Others may only be involved in part of the talent management cycle and therefore only focus on a few of the resources below.
The materials linked in each step are meant to instruct. By using the information and tools given, the goal is for the user themselves to become a practitioner of skill-based hiring. To that end, the material is meant to be actionable, but is first and foremost informational.
❖ Why?
Having a neuroinclusive workplace has a limited impact if the pathway into the company is not inclusive of neurodivergent candidates. For this reason, improving the talent management cycle is a critical component of neuroinclusion.
Skill-based interviewing is a talent management method that cuts through bias by focusing solely on candidates’ competencies in role-related skills. It can be done in a variety of ways, but the objective is universally to remove bias and create a more objective and effective interview process for the benefit of both the interviewer and the interviewee.
Steps for Skill-Based Talent Management
Each step below is linked to a detailed resource that will give you the necessary knowledge and materials to improve your talent management process.
- About Skill-Based Hiring (general introduction and training)
- Team Skills Assessment (self-guided demand planning)
- Skill-Based Role Evaluation (determining duties and requirements of a role)
- Job Description Template
- Skill-Based Interview Methods & Implementation
- Creating a Skill-Based Interview Project
- New Employee Expectations Setting
For more broad information on neurodiversity awareness and neuroinclusive best practices, visit our e-learning course,
Neurodiversity At Work: From Bias to Belonging