Don’t miss it! 4 Reasons to Attend Skills Day 2024

Skills Day 2024 is right around the corner, and in today's rapidly evolving business landscape, having a robust skills strategy isn't just an option – it's a necessity.

On December 11 at 10am ET, we’re hosting a two-hour, SHRM-accredited event designed to help organizations transform their skills data into meaningful business outcomes. We’ll be joined by both Phenom experts and HR leaders from organizations like PwC, Deloitte, Truist, and more. Whether you're in talent acquisition, talent management, or HRIT, we’ll deliver actionable insights that can reshape your approach to skills-based hiring and retention.

4 Reasons to Attend

Empowered by technology rooted in AI, automation, and experience, organizations are at a critical point in their skills journey. It’s no longer about what’s possible with skills, but rather how to go deeper with skills to advance hiring and retention. Here are four reasons why you don’t want to miss Skills Day:

1. No-nonsense action steps. The event cuts straight to what matters – you'll learn concrete steps to become truly skills-forward, with strategies you can implement immediately. No theoretical discussions; just real, actionable insights.

2. Real-world skills roadmap. Learn how to seamlessly integrate skills data across your entire talent journey. From hiring to development, you'll discover simple yet effective ways to apply skills intelligence at every step. “Folks are accepting this as the new reality,” says Mike DeMarco, Product Marketing Manager at Phenom. “Both to make better hires and to grow talent better.”

3. Data unification made simple. One of the biggest challenges organizations face is consolidating their skills data. Skills Day will show you how to bring all your skills data together in one cohesive platform and, more importantly, how to extract meaningful insights from it.

4. Streamlined governance blueprint. Get expert guidance on establishing effective skills governance without the typical complications. You'll learn proven frameworks that make skills management straightforward and sustainable.

Related reading: State of Skills: 2024 Market Data Report

What to Expect: Session Highlights

The event features an impressive lineup of sessions focused on practical implementation and real-world success stories. Industry experts and leading brands like PwC, Deloitte, and Truist will share their experiences and insights across several key areas:

• Building your data-driven talent framework: Don't let data readiness hold you back – every organization can get started with skills. Discover how to unify and leverage skills data from various sources to create a comprehensive talent strategy. Expect to hear from the Global Head of SAP HCM and SAP HR Cloud Solutions at PwC about how they’re overcoming data challenges with skills.

• Hiring intelligence & automation: As companies adopt AI and automation to create comprehensive career architectures that map skills to all roles, it’s time to put that data into action for talent acquisition. Learn practical approaches to implementing skills-based hiring practices and hear from the Senior VP of Career Strategy at Truist who will speak to tackling employee attrition with skills-powered career mobility.

• Workforce intelligence: See how leading organizations implement skills strategies across industries to enable strategic workforce planning and development. Discover best practices for creating comprehensive roles and employee profiles to support robust build/buy/borrow talent decisions. Deloitte will also share their own story about skills in the market and at home.

• Enterprise governance architecture: As skills-based talent practices become the norm, governance policies are now essential to ensure the applications of skills and employee profile data are updated and validated regularly. Get practical guidance on establishing and maintaining skills architectures.

Whether you attend live or watch later, you'll gain valuable insights to transform your talent strategy for 2024 and beyond.

Don't miss this opportunity to advance your organization's skills-forward journey. Register now to secure your spot and get access to the on-demand recording after the event.