The Global Recruiter: Craig Sweeney explores skills-first hiring
April 25, 2024What is skills-first hiring and why does it matter? For starters, every major industry is facing significant, ongoing skills shortages — making it difficult to plan for the future.
Craig Sweeney, EVP of global strategic talent solutions, explores skills-first hiring in issue 255 of The Global Recruiter's digital magazine.
He mentioned the importance of recruiting talent with the ability to continuously learn and adapt, as it will encourage a workforce that’s more agile and resilient in the face of technological disruption.
Sweeney added this broadened approach benefits organisations’ employees to operate in multiple functions and fill gaps and hard-to-fill areas of the workforce.
Read Craig’s full article in The Global Recruiter's digital magazine here.
About WilsonHCG
WilsonHCG is an award-winning, global leader in total talent solutions. Operating as a strategic partner, it helps some of the world’s most admired brands build comprehensive talent functions. With a global presence spanning more than 65 countries and six continents, WilsonHCG provides a full suite of configurable talent services including recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), executive search, contingent workforce solutions, talent consulting and talent intelligence.