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The shortening shelf life of skills, shifting business priorities, and the surge in AI-driven job applications are compelling many employers to rethink their candidate assessment and selection processes. This shift towards skills-based thinking is fostering greater integration between talent acquisition and talent management. By combining data on soft skills, hard skills, and career aspirations, employers can leverage a unified dataset to gain a comprehensive view throughout the entire employee lifecycle.

So how can this be done, and what advantages can it bring?

My guest this week is Jason Putnam, the CRO at Plum. Jason has been driving the charge around the scientific assessment of soft skills for a while and has recently incorporated data on hard skills into their methodology. Jason has some important insights to share on the future of assessment and the implementation of skills-based hiring.

In the interview, we discuss:

How the market is evolving

The changing balance between talent acquisition and talent management

TA's responsibility for retention

Combining hard skills and soft skills

Pace paradox versus business latency

Focusing on the skills you need rather than the skills you have

The evolution of the recruiting process

Building alignment between talent acquisition, talent management, and hiring managers

The importance of one universal dataset

The role of AI

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Ep 620: Hard Skills & Soft Skills