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Team skills gap analysis

Identify skill gaps in your team and create hiring/training plans

Assess your team's current skills against future needs to identify gaps. This activity helps you make strategic hiring and training decisions.

45 minutes
analysis

Overview

Assess your team's current skills against future needs to identify gaps. This activity helps you make strategic hiring and training decisions.

Learning objectives

  • Map current team skills
  • Identify future skill needs
  • Create acquisition strategy

Instructions

Analyze team skills:

1. List current team skills 2. Define future skill needs 3. Identify critical gaps 4. Prioritize gap closure 5. Create hiring/training plan

Steps

1

Skills inventory

20 minutes

Map current capabilities

2

Gap identification

15 minutes

Find missing skills

3

Acquisition planning

10 minutes

Plan hiring or training

Pro tips

  • •Consider both technical and soft skills
  • •Look 6-12 months ahead
  • •Balance hiring vs training

Example outcome

Skills matrix with identified gaps and acquisition strategy

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