The Skills Currency
UNLOCKING INTERNAL MOBILITY WITH REAL SKILLS DATA
Jessi Roesch
Skills Manager | Degreed
jessi@degreed.com
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Today’s Agenda
Hello.
We’re Degreed.
01: Skills Matter in the Labor Market
02: Skills Matter in Your Company
03: Winning Companies Measure Skills
04: Unlocking Internal Mobility
The content of this presentation is proprietary and confidential information of Degreed. It is not intended to be distributed to any third party without the written consent of Degreed.2
Skills Matter in the Labor Market
(.n) anxiety
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease,
typically about an imminent event or
something with an uncertain outcome.
THE ANXIOUS CEO
92% of CEOs are worried that their
employees don’t have the skills they need
THE ANXIOUS CEO
80% of CEO’s are worried about the
availability of key skills
THE ANXIOUS CEO
0% of CEOs can answer the question
what skills do we have today and what skills
to we need tomorrow in a codified way.
Skills Matter in Your Company
What impact is
‘availability of key skills’
having on your
organization’s growth
prospects?
9 PwC, 22nd Annual Global CEO Survey, January 2019.
It’s a worker’s
market out there.
Job openings are outpacing workers.
Job mobility is increasing.
We have enough jobs.
We don’t have enough skills.
10
Microsoft cut 4,000
sales and marketing jobs
– resulting in a $306M
restructuring charge –
“mainly to evolve the
skill sets we need”
to compete in the
cloud software market.
The New York Times, Microsoft to Cut Up to 4,000 Sales and Marketing Jobs, 2017;
Microsoft 2017 Annual Report to Shareholders
11
External hires cost
employers 18 percent
to 20 percent more in
salary expense than
existing employees
promoted to similar
positions.
Wharton School. Paying More to Get Less: The Effects of External Hiring Versus Internal Mobility, 201712
Career are Changing
13
Careers are longer
Tenure is shorter
Skills stay relevant less time
Skills in the Labor Market
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE14
Supply DemandBrokers
HR
Recruiters
Workforce Planning
Job Boards
Gig
BPO
Self-
Directed
Learners
Professional
Associations
Higher
Ed
Consultants
Freelance
Contract
Based
Employers
Full Time
Employers
Part Time
Employers
They Have Skills You Need SkillsFriction
Companies need a
currency to answer
Do we have the skills
we need to win?
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Employees
What are my job
or career goals?
How can
I measure
and prove
my skills?
What skills
do I need?
Where can I
best build the
skills I need?
Where am
I strong
or weak?
CHROs
What skills
do we need?
How are
we doing?
Where are
we strong
or weak?
What will
best build
those skills?
CEOs
Do we have
the skills we
need to win?
Companies need a
currency to answer
16
What is the likelihood
that you would
recommend us to a
friend or colleague?
minus
NPS
Score
%Promotors %Detractors
8%
Detractors
18%
Passives
74%
Promotors
17
By substituting a single question for the
complex black box of the typical
customer satisfaction survey, companies
can actually put consumer survey results
to use and focus employees on the task
of stimulating growth.
Frederick F. Reichheld
Bain & Company Director Emeritus
Benefits of NPS
Codifies a complex problem in
a simple way
Promotes continuous
improvement
Enables executive-level
conversation
Allows for benchmarking
across dimensions:
Time
Functional disciplines
Companies
Industries
18
Benefits of Skill Measurement
Codifies a complex problem in
a simple way
Promotes continuous
improvement
Enables executive-level
conversation
Allows for benchmarking
across dimensions:
Time
Functional disciplines
Companies
Industries
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You cannot leverage an
unknown asset
Susan Clavin
Skills Profile
Problem Solving
Level 6
Presenting
Level 3
Teamwork
Level 7
Big Data Analysis
Level 5
Communication
Level 3
SQL
Level 6
Object C
Level 4
Scrum
Level 1
UX Design
Level 2
Java
Level 2
1. What can people do?
2. How well can they do it?
Skills in the Labor Market
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE21
Supply DemandBrokers
HR
Recruiters
Workforce Planning
Job Boards
Gig
BPO
Self-
Directed
Learners
Professional
Associations
Higher
Ed
Consultants
Freelance
Contract
Based
Employers
Full Time
Employers
Part Time
Employers
They Have Skills You Need SkillsFriction
Skills in the Labor Market
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE22
Supply DemandBrokers
HR
Recruiters
Workforce Planning
Job Boards
They Have Skills You Need Skills
Data +
Technology
Business
Analyst
Data
Visualization
ScrumPresenting
Business
Case
Analysis
Financial
Analysis
Microsoft
Excel
Data
Scientist
Data Mining
Algorithm
Creation
Scrum
Data
Visualization
Microsoft
Excel
Python
Leaders aren’t sure how to proceed
Degreed survey to L&D professionals on Skill Gap Measurement, 201623
Degreed creates the ability to have a
universal yardstick of skills. That really
opens up the whole world, we’re talking
about the American Dream.
Tony Gagliardo
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
24
Winning Companies Measure Skills
What do
outperformers
do differently?
2.2x
Consistent “reinventors” are more than
twice as likely to link their skills and
systems to their business strategies.
And they’re twice as likely to invest
in continuously developing their
people’s skill-sets.
IBM. Global C-Suite Study, March 2018.26
Recruit Holdings
maintains detailed
skill profiles and maps
skills to job roles,
enabling 90% of
employees to be
promoted in three
years
Harvard Business Review. Layoffs That Don’t Break Your Company, June 201827
Two Part Solution
28
Align
Align HR and
business objectives
to provide the
support for people
to gain skills
Measure
What can people
do and how well
can they do it?
The Skills Lifecycle
Align
29
Decide skill needs to
aligned to business
objectives
Measure
Generate benchmark
skills data to determine
emerging skills and gaps
Curate
Align internal experts,
learning professionals,
and content resources
Train
Engage employees to
acquire knowledge and
practice skills
Repeat
Winning Companies Measure Skills
30
1. Universal – Any Skill
2. Measure Outcomes
3. Any Level
4. At Scale – Range of Rigor, Methods
Unlocking Internal Mobility
If you had skills data,
what could your company
do that you cannot do
today?
Use Case
Future
Proofing &
Innovation
Filling skill gaps
Workforce & succession planning
Building emerging skills
Employee
Mobility
Internal Hiring & Career Pathing
Resourcing Projects
Employee Retention & Engagement
33
Internal Mobility
Building Bench Strength
34
An insurance company spends millions hiring to
backfill positions of employees that get “empathy
burnout” and loses millions more in slow and
ineffective claims operations.
Degreed will help them develop deeper bench
strength so more people can process claims during
peak times, and have the data to empower
employees to move up and around the
organization.
Problem to Solve
Lower claims errors during
peak volumes & reduce
agent burnout
Key Metrics
 Recruiting Costs
 Productivity in Claims
Processing
Stakeholders
Learning & Development,
Talent, Claims Operations
Internal Mobility
Time to Productivity
35
An industrial manufacturer has an average
employee tenure is over 20 years. At any time they
have 13,000 internal job openings, and another
13,000 externally. They have to very quickly
become great at training young new talent in
advanced technical, engineering skills and
leadership skills. They also need to be able to
move people up and around the company more
easily as their most experienced technicians
prepare for retirement.
Problem to Solve
Ramping up new talent to
replace an aging workforce
Key Metrics
 Time to Hire
 Time to Productivity
Stakeholders
Learning & Development,
Talent, CEO
Internal Mobility
Enable Recent Graduates
36
A multinational consumer goods company hires
tens of thousands of new university graduates
each year, but many lack key leadership and soft
skills to contribute in their fullest capacity from day
one. They also desire visibility to a career path.
Degreed can be the system of record for all skills,
the main tool to train up new college graduates
and ensure they have the digital skills they need to
get the promotion they desire and help the
company win.
Problem to Solve
Create a path to promotion
by building needed skills
Key Metrics
 Recruiting Costs,
Marketing CPA
 New Hire Retention &
Promotion Rates
Stakeholders
Learning & Development,
Talent, University Relations,
Marketing
Jessi Roesch
Skills Manager
Hey, thanks a lot.
Seriously.
What questions can I answer?
Favorite Expert
Adam Grant
Currently Reading
Measure What Matters by
John Doerr
Currently Learning
Athletic Coaching
https://degreed.com/jessiroesch
www.linkedin.com/in/jessi-roesch-rhymes-with-fresh
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THE SKILLS CURRENCY: UNLOCKING INTERNAL MOBILITY WITH REAL SKILLS DATA

  • 1.
    The Skills Currency UNLOCKINGINTERNAL MOBILITY WITH REAL SKILLS DATA Jessi Roesch Skills Manager | Degreed [email protected] 1
  • 2.
    Today’s Agenda Hello. We’re Degreed. 01:Skills Matter in the Labor Market 02: Skills Matter in Your Company 03: Winning Companies Measure Skills 04: Unlocking Internal Mobility The content of this presentation is proprietary and confidential information of Degreed. It is not intended to be distributed to any third party without the written consent of Degreed.2
  • 3.
    Skills Matter inthe Labor Market
  • 4.
    (.n) anxiety A feelingof worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
  • 5.
    THE ANXIOUS CEO 92%of CEOs are worried that their employees don’t have the skills they need
  • 6.
    THE ANXIOUS CEO 80%of CEO’s are worried about the availability of key skills
  • 7.
    THE ANXIOUS CEO 0%of CEOs can answer the question what skills do we have today and what skills to we need tomorrow in a codified way.
  • 8.
    Skills Matter inYour Company
  • 9.
    What impact is ‘availabilityof key skills’ having on your organization’s growth prospects? 9 PwC, 22nd Annual Global CEO Survey, January 2019.
  • 10.
    It’s a worker’s marketout there. Job openings are outpacing workers. Job mobility is increasing. We have enough jobs. We don’t have enough skills. 10
  • 11.
    Microsoft cut 4,000 salesand marketing jobs – resulting in a $306M restructuring charge – “mainly to evolve the skill sets we need” to compete in the cloud software market. The New York Times, Microsoft to Cut Up to 4,000 Sales and Marketing Jobs, 2017; Microsoft 2017 Annual Report to Shareholders 11
  • 12.
    External hires cost employers18 percent to 20 percent more in salary expense than existing employees promoted to similar positions. Wharton School. Paying More to Get Less: The Effects of External Hiring Versus Internal Mobility, 201712
  • 13.
    Career are Changing 13 Careersare longer Tenure is shorter Skills stay relevant less time
  • 14.
    Skills in theLabor Market PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE14 Supply DemandBrokers HR Recruiters Workforce Planning Job Boards Gig BPO Self- Directed Learners Professional Associations Higher Ed Consultants Freelance Contract Based Employers Full Time Employers Part Time Employers They Have Skills You Need SkillsFriction
  • 15.
    Companies need a currencyto answer Do we have the skills we need to win? 15 Employees What are my job or career goals? How can I measure and prove my skills? What skills do I need? Where can I best build the skills I need? Where am I strong or weak? CHROs What skills do we need? How are we doing? Where are we strong or weak? What will best build those skills? CEOs Do we have the skills we need to win?
  • 16.
    Companies need a currencyto answer 16 What is the likelihood that you would recommend us to a friend or colleague? minus NPS Score %Promotors %Detractors 8% Detractors 18% Passives 74% Promotors
  • 17.
    17 By substituting asingle question for the complex black box of the typical customer satisfaction survey, companies can actually put consumer survey results to use and focus employees on the task of stimulating growth. Frederick F. Reichheld Bain & Company Director Emeritus
  • 18.
    Benefits of NPS Codifiesa complex problem in a simple way Promotes continuous improvement Enables executive-level conversation Allows for benchmarking across dimensions: Time Functional disciplines Companies Industries 18
  • 19.
    Benefits of SkillMeasurement Codifies a complex problem in a simple way Promotes continuous improvement Enables executive-level conversation Allows for benchmarking across dimensions: Time Functional disciplines Companies Industries 19
  • 20.
    You cannot leveragean unknown asset Susan Clavin Skills Profile Problem Solving Level 6 Presenting Level 3 Teamwork Level 7 Big Data Analysis Level 5 Communication Level 3 SQL Level 6 Object C Level 4 Scrum Level 1 UX Design Level 2 Java Level 2 1. What can people do? 2. How well can they do it?
  • 21.
    Skills in theLabor Market PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE21 Supply DemandBrokers HR Recruiters Workforce Planning Job Boards Gig BPO Self- Directed Learners Professional Associations Higher Ed Consultants Freelance Contract Based Employers Full Time Employers Part Time Employers They Have Skills You Need SkillsFriction
  • 22.
    Skills in theLabor Market PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE22 Supply DemandBrokers HR Recruiters Workforce Planning Job Boards They Have Skills You Need Skills Data + Technology Business Analyst Data Visualization ScrumPresenting Business Case Analysis Financial Analysis Microsoft Excel Data Scientist Data Mining Algorithm Creation Scrum Data Visualization Microsoft Excel Python
  • 23.
    Leaders aren’t surehow to proceed Degreed survey to L&D professionals on Skill Gap Measurement, 201623
  • 24.
    Degreed creates theability to have a universal yardstick of skills. That really opens up the whole world, we’re talking about the American Dream. Tony Gagliardo NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 24
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    What do outperformers do differently? 2.2x Consistent“reinventors” are more than twice as likely to link their skills and systems to their business strategies. And they’re twice as likely to invest in continuously developing their people’s skill-sets. IBM. Global C-Suite Study, March 2018.26
  • 27.
    Recruit Holdings maintains detailed skillprofiles and maps skills to job roles, enabling 90% of employees to be promoted in three years Harvard Business Review. Layoffs That Don’t Break Your Company, June 201827
  • 28.
    Two Part Solution 28 Align AlignHR and business objectives to provide the support for people to gain skills Measure What can people do and how well can they do it?
  • 29.
    The Skills Lifecycle Align 29 Decideskill needs to aligned to business objectives Measure Generate benchmark skills data to determine emerging skills and gaps Curate Align internal experts, learning professionals, and content resources Train Engage employees to acquire knowledge and practice skills Repeat
  • 30.
    Winning Companies MeasureSkills 30 1. Universal – Any Skill 2. Measure Outcomes 3. Any Level 4. At Scale – Range of Rigor, Methods
  • 31.
  • 32.
    If you hadskills data, what could your company do that you cannot do today?
  • 33.
    Use Case Future Proofing & Innovation Fillingskill gaps Workforce & succession planning Building emerging skills Employee Mobility Internal Hiring & Career Pathing Resourcing Projects Employee Retention & Engagement 33
  • 34.
    Internal Mobility Building BenchStrength 34 An insurance company spends millions hiring to backfill positions of employees that get “empathy burnout” and loses millions more in slow and ineffective claims operations. Degreed will help them develop deeper bench strength so more people can process claims during peak times, and have the data to empower employees to move up and around the organization. Problem to Solve Lower claims errors during peak volumes & reduce agent burnout Key Metrics  Recruiting Costs  Productivity in Claims Processing Stakeholders Learning & Development, Talent, Claims Operations
  • 35.
    Internal Mobility Time toProductivity 35 An industrial manufacturer has an average employee tenure is over 20 years. At any time they have 13,000 internal job openings, and another 13,000 externally. They have to very quickly become great at training young new talent in advanced technical, engineering skills and leadership skills. They also need to be able to move people up and around the company more easily as their most experienced technicians prepare for retirement. Problem to Solve Ramping up new talent to replace an aging workforce Key Metrics  Time to Hire  Time to Productivity Stakeholders Learning & Development, Talent, CEO
  • 36.
    Internal Mobility Enable RecentGraduates 36 A multinational consumer goods company hires tens of thousands of new university graduates each year, but many lack key leadership and soft skills to contribute in their fullest capacity from day one. They also desire visibility to a career path. Degreed can be the system of record for all skills, the main tool to train up new college graduates and ensure they have the digital skills they need to get the promotion they desire and help the company win. Problem to Solve Create a path to promotion by building needed skills Key Metrics  Recruiting Costs, Marketing CPA  New Hire Retention & Promotion Rates Stakeholders Learning & Development, Talent, University Relations, Marketing
  • 37.
    Jessi Roesch Skills Manager Hey,thanks a lot. Seriously. What questions can I answer? Favorite Expert Adam Grant Currently Reading Measure What Matters by John Doerr Currently Learning Athletic Coaching https://degreed.com/jessiroesch www.linkedin.com/in/jessi-roesch-rhymes-with-fresh 37 [email protected]