SHRM 2015 Professionals Rate Skills Gaps Factors, See How You Compare

Figuring out that Taylor Swift is a bankable artist is easy. The signs are everywhere. But, trying to figure out where your human resources peers stand on a hot topic like skills gaps is harder to decipher. Until now. At this year’s Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) annual conference our Global Knowledge team conducted a survey to benchmark attendees on how they approach skills gaps, the primary causes for skill deficiencies and their progress towards closing the gaps.

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Why I Loved Attending the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference

It was our first visit to the SHRM annual conference and it certainly won’t be the last. It was refreshing hearing HR and Learning and Development (L&D) professionals completely embracing the learning services and consulting underpinning of workforce management. They welcomed chats and even took surveys. It would be easy to simply stop there; however, practically every presentation made the case for positive change, and the lessons learned can be applied across the board.

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