The Skills-First Advantage: Recruiting and Growing a Future-Ready Workforce

Live Webinar or Recording

January 20, 2026, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern

Credit: HRCI: 1, SHRM: 1, ATAHR: 1, ATAOP: 1 (Live Only)

As hiring practices evolve, organizations that adopt skills-based recruiting are gaining a clear competitive advantage. This insightful webinar will demonstrate how shifting your focus from traditional degree requirements to demonstrated competencies can significantly expand your talent pool, improve diversity, and reduce employee turnover. You’ll explore how a skills-first approach creates more equitable opportunities for candidates while helping employers find stronger matches more efficiently—ultimately saving time, money, and resources.

But the impact goes beyond recruitment. This session delves into how a skills-based strategy transforms the entire employee lifecycle from onboarding and training to career development and internal mobility. You’ll gain practical insights on how to build agile, high-performing teams, take advantage of government incentives, and create structured pathways for growth and advancement. Whether you're a talent acquisition leader, HR executive, or manager, this webinar will equip you with actionable strategies and real-world examples to thrive in today’s rapidly changing labor market.

• How skills-based hiring expands your talent pool and strengthens retention
• The differences between traditional recruiting and skills-first approaches
• Ways to reduce bias and improve diversity in hiring practices
• Financial and organizational benefits, including government incentives and grants
• How to apply skills-first strategies across onboarding, training, and career development
• Steps to build agile, future-ready teams with clear advancement pathways

• Discover how skills-based hiring can expand your talent pool and boost retention
• Understand the key differences between traditional and skills-first recruiting models
• Learn strategies to reduce bias and improve diversity in your hiring process
• Explore financial benefits and available government incentives for workforce development
• Apply skills-first practices across onboarding, training, and career advancement
• Gain tools to build agile, future-ready teams with defined mobility pathways

By attending this webinar, you’ll gain immediate, practical tools to modernize your hiring approach and position your organization—and yourself—as a forward-thinking leader in workforce development.

• HR Directors and Talent Acquisition Leaders
• Recruiters and Hiring Managers
• Learning & Development Specialists
• Operations Managers and Department Heads
• Business Owners and Executives

Guest Speaker: Melveen Stevenson - M.S.Elemental, LLC

Level: Basic

Format: Live Webcast

This program has been approved for credit hours through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.

Aurora Training Advantage is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.

Aurora Training Advantage is offering continuing education points designed to recognize dedication to training and excellence in human resources.

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