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Benefits in detail

A good business knows how much money it has at any time and where it is. It is beneficial to be able to calculate human resources in the same way. Skills recognition, when linked with strategic planning, helps you take stock of the skills of your workforce. You can then align this with business objectives.

Benefits include:

Attracting and recruiting new staff
Good staff recognise the value of working in an organisation that uses skills recognition as part of its training mix. It means the organisation is prepared to invest in updating skills, renewing skills and giving staff nationally recognised qualifications. It also means that staff don't have to waste time being trained for skills they already have. Many businesses are finding a competitive edge by promoting opportunities in their business for getting nationally recognised qualifications.

Retaining staff
Skills recognition linked to nationally recognised training creates clear career paths in an organisation. It is a win-win proposition as good people don't need to leave to get a promotion and you can be confident that only the people with the right skills are being promoted.

Performance management
Dealing with poor performers is always difficult. Skills recognition using a competency based approach helps to have an objective measure of expected standards.

Moving into a new market
Do you want to move into a new market? What kind of skills do your new clients want from your organisation? How well do your current skills measure up? Why not get a skills profile to include in your tenders? It's a great way to describe your capability to clients and it gives them an objective, national measurement of your worth.

Downsizing
When downsizing is inevitable, it's important to retain skills needed for the new-sized organisation. Not only will a skills profile help you keep the right people, it will also offer valuable re-employment assistance to the people who are moving on.