➜ What
Demand planning assessment that identifies the skills present within a team and the skills required; helps facilitate the process of determining areas of need based on skill sets; helps facilitate meetings with teams and senior leaders to address areas of growth and need in service of creating skill-based and need-based hiring plans
➜ Who
For people leaders seeking to facilitate structured conversations, gain insights into team capabilities, and align skills with work tasks; aids the process of assessing team resources and hiring needs
➜ Why
Helps identify the skills required for the work a team does to ensure alignment between hiring plans and organizational goals
Assessment Areas
Completing this assessment can help you understand more about areas of growth and need on your team and facilitate meetings about the following:
➀ Skills in Demand
Identify the types of work a team engages in and the skills typically required for each task in order to map, locate gaps, and align more closely with objectives.
➁ Current Skills Inventory
Identify existing skills and competencies present within the team.
➂ Future Skills Projection
Identify any additional skills that may be required for future projects or organizational goals.
➃ Gap Analysis
Compare the current skills inventory with the skills required.
➄ Key Findings and Next Steps
Provide a comprehensive overview of areas that require attention. Use assessment results to identify and discuss skill gaps and development needs within the team.
Instructions
Part 1 - Meet with team members to complete individual assessments
- Download the Meeting Document below to facilitate completing the assessment with team members. This document is available for download as a fillable PDF and in MS Word document formats.
- Complete the assessment with teams, following the structured conversation agenda provided in the document.
- Save or collect results and review them on your own, with other senior leaders, or recruitment/Talent Acquisition teams to facilitate role alignments and hiring plans.
Part 2 - Use team assessment results to create a need-based hiring plan
- Look at the existing skills on teams.
- Look at the skills needed on teams.
- Determine the gap between the two, and that can inform your hiring plan.
*We have provided a structured meeting agenda within the meeting document to use in completing this assessment.
Download Files
Meeting Document - Team Skills Assessment
This document is meant to help you take inventory of existing team skills and needed skills to facilitate building an effective hiring plan. This can help Talent Acquisition, recruitment, and skill-based hiring efforts to identify roles and skill gaps that can serve additional professional development efforts within the organization.
Assessment Insights
✅ Reveal a comprehensive overview of existing skills on teams, including both technical competencies and soft skills.
✅ Facilitate structured conversations where team members identify specific skills required for their work tasks and projects, highlighting areas of strength and potential areas for improvement.
✅ Generate skills projections that identify additional skills needed to support upcoming projects and improve team alignment with organizational goals.
➡️ Use the insights from this assessment to conduct demand planning and identify hiring needs.