Workforce Planning, Job Design, and Skills-Based Hiring
Good hiring starts with a clear picture of how people can contribute and grow within the organization. Understanding the skills and capability development that an agency needs now and in the future shapes everything from job classifications to job design to AI execution of routine tasks. This session explores how AI can help HR teams analyze staffing needs, identify skill gaps, and review outdated job classifications. It also looks at how AI can support skills-based hiring by clarifying core competencies and reconsidering unnecessary degree requirements. Participants will hear early lessons from a state-based project and discuss what it takes to open the door to a wider talent pool without lowering the bar on the achievement of critical outcomes.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Describe at least two ways AI can help analyze staffing needs, identify skill gaps, or flag outdated job classifications.
Explain what skills-based hiring means in practice, including how clarifying core competencies can reduce reliance on unnecessary degree requirements.
Name key takeaways from a public sector project that they could apply when starting a similar effort in their own agency.