How to be a Leader in the Future of Work

Hiring for skills is efficient, effective and equitable. You will add the necessary skills to your team while bringing new, diverse ways of thinking. It also means discovering the most well-qualified candidates with the right aptitude and mindsets.

While the plug-and-play approach to hiring could offer immediate benefits, a forward-thinking leader believes in nurturing talent to build the future. As we chart this new path in hiring, what will it take to find the best candidates who can make a difference? Learn what it means to become a leader who inspires in the future of work.

In today’s candidate-driven market, it has become a bigger challenge than ever for hiring managers to fill roles at speed or build a dynamic team with a unique edge. How can it be done efficiently and effectively?

Traditional recruiting practices can be a constraint in your search for the right hire as they focus too narrowly on educational credentials and past experience. Instead, focus on skills, which have emerged as the new hiring currency amid a profound shift in the global workforce. Talent is now the No.1 commodity, and hiring managers must embrace this change to build a successful team.

Through skills-based hiring, you can widen the talent pool. It opens the door to a more diverse workforce, which brings different perspectives, skills, and cultures that are necessary for breakthroughs to happen.

Your ideal talent with the biggest promise may come from where you least expect it.

Discover your next star employee with LinkedIn Skills Path, a new and more equitable way for hiring managers to access broader, more diverse pools of highly-skilled talent. Read on to find out more.

Hiring for skills starts at the top of the funnel. Take the first step to access a wider talent pool of potential hires with the skills your organisation needs.

We want to drive a new, skills-based approach to talent and opportunity. This means evaluating candidates through rigorous LinkedIn Skill Assessments, developed and validated by subject matter experts among the best in their industry.

Skills Path combines LinkedIn Learning courses and Skill Assessments to help hiring managers better evaluate applicants - based on their proven skills. It is currently open to companies hiring in Singapore only.

Strengthening existing skills required for the role with specially curated LinkedIn Learning courses to accelerate their readiness
Demonstrating those skills by passing a multiple-choice LinkedIn Skill Assessment. Candidates can also submit a video or written response to your interview questions, so you can get to know them better
Securing a recruiter conversation which gauges their eligibility for your company if they pass the Skill Assessments and complete their submission

In Singapore, we are testing for skills to fill entry-level to senior associate roles for:

Data Analyst
Project Manager
Recruiter
Supply Chain Coordinator
Sales Development
Customer Service