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Workforce planning is not just a numbers game.

We often see that much of the conversation around workforce planning focuses on hiring and firing, keeping the headcount in balance. But what if we looked at it from the lens of skill development platforms?

Developing your workforce isn't about replacing the old with the new. It's about nurturing the talent you already have.

Enter the role of skill development platforms.

Such platforms aren't just repositories of online courses, although some can be. They are strategic tools to foster internal mobility. They empower employees to learn new skills at their own pace, making them competent for roles they aspire to.

Imagine a marketing executive who wants to delve into data analysis or a TA partner who wants to more of an HRBP role. A skill development platform can help them learn Python or R in their spare time, or look at workforce and people planning strategy development. A potential win-win. The employee advances their career, and the company gains a multiskilled asset.

Using skill development platforms for workforce planning is not just about providing access. It’s also about creating a culture of continuous learning.

Encourage your teams to learn. Celebrate their advancements. Make skill development a part of their growth plan, possibly add some gamification in there too.

Experiment with skill development platforms. Invest in your talent. Reap the rewards of a multiskilled, agile workforce.

Check out below some of the skill development platforms we’ve discovered

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Lets get on with this weeks recruitment tools and technology finds. 🚀

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🛠️Tools of the Week🛠️

Neobrain

Internal Mobility Software / Workforce Planning / Skill Development

Workforce planning and internal mobility done right can increase an organisations hiring efficiency by saving on things like cost, role fill times, boost employee engagement and reduce risks of bad hiring as well as identifying future skill gaps. Lets look at an AI tool that can help with this process

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Neobrain use AI technology in their platform that can help identify and turn skills into collective performance.

The platform gives its users the ability to visualise skills in real-time and anticipate skills risks. It allows HR and People leaders to use this data to make key decisions on upward mobility to internal mobility by really getting to their staffs career aspirations and then giving them the opportunity to upskill.

How does AI improve this service? In their own words:

Analyse behaviour: whether it's retention or opinions on HR policy, techniques are evolving from neural networks to natural language processing.

Event prediction: it is possible to predict that an individual will leave the company or that a psychosocial risk will occur. To achieve this, neural networks will be used.

Tailor services: personalizing career and training offers becomes a reality through the use of Large Language Models.

Creating job descriptions: it's always a good idea to customize job offers, but Generative Pre-trained transformer saves precious time for talent acquisition managers.

💡 Who is it for? The best user case will be for large enterprises who have a workforce large enough that internal mobility can be looked at as a serious channel for hiring. It will also be useful for organisations that are starting to look at workforce planning strategies moving forward, assessing current skills available and planning for skill gaps that may arise in the future

💸 How much does it cost? Our research shows that Neobrain has 4 pricing plans available. Identified as:

• Ai Skill Management

• Internal Talent Marketplace

• Performance and Engagement

• Strategic Workforce planning

Unfortunately not costs have been provided and you will have to call sales and request a demo for pricing

🧰 Alternatives: Pluralsight / 365 Talents

🌐 Website: https://en.neobrain.io/

Pluralsight

Skill Development and Assessment

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Pluralsight is a tool that lets you specifically upskill your tech teams in areas like software development, cloud, IT ops and machine learning to name a few.

Pluralsight helps you identify skill gaps then allows you to upskill your team using their tech assessment platform. This helps organisations to keep their staff engaged and continuously learning by encouraging skill development.

Leadership can index skill gaps and make sure they stay in line with the business objectives and workforce plans. Think of like continuously curating your own talent, rather than having to go to market and do searches to fill immediate gaps that arise when conducting big organisational changes, like a digital transformation.

💡 Who is it for? Teams of various sizes and individuals interesting upskilling and development for career progressions

💸 How much does it cost? Pluralsight has 3 plan under its skills product that can be purchased individually or as a team either monthly or yearly. lets focus on Team.

• Starter - 2-50 with a Limited core library of 2,500 courses. Cost is £27.42/month per user.

• Professional - 2-50 with Access to full library of 7,000+ courses Cost is £39.92/month per user

• Enterprise - Includes everything in Professional and more. Contact sales for cost

🧰 Alternatives: 365Talents / Learnerbly / Juno Journey

🌐 Website: https://www.pluralsight.com/

365 Talents

Workforce Intelligence / Skill Development

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Give ownership back to your staff members over their career development. With 365 Talents, staff can update their skills manually which automatically updates your skills framework for you to see on your own 365Talents dashboard.

36Talent’s AI platform can then make smart suggestions on skill development for your team in connection to their abilities. This in turn will help you increase the number of qualified candidates for internal mobility letting managers discover hidden talent by identifying employees skills and motivations.

365Talents tells us that their “AI engages your global employees, through proprietary algorithms, with opportunities for internal mobility, learning, development, projects, mentorship, and more.

You can connect all your current HRIS platforms and in-use communication channel like MS Teams for better work flow and to keep everything centralised.

💡 Who is it for? The products of this tool seem to be more geared towards large enterprise clients with large teams that offer the opportunity to delve deep into a workforce and offer internal mobility options

💸 How much does it cost? 365 Talents has not made their pricing plans publicly available but gives you the opportunity to schedule a demo

🧰 Alternatives: Neobrain/ Pluralsight / Learnerbly

🌐 Website: https://www.365talents.com/

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