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Bridging the Skills Gap: Essential Skills for Success Across Key Industries
Learn what skills drive success in different industries, how prevalent those skills are among candidates, and where strengths and skills gaps exist.
Companies are making critical workforce decisions without a clear view of the skills they already have—or the ones they’ll need next.
The purpose of this report is to bridge well-known industry skills frameworks with SHL’s Skills Taxonomy as measured by the Global Skills Assessment (GSA), which measures 96 distinct skills through a brief 15-minute assessment.
Through expert analysis of over 50,000 candidates, across Financial Services, IT, Retail, and Healthcare industries, this report will enable you to:
- Understand skills essential to success across the four key industries.
- Identify strengths and gaps in candidate skills sets to inform talent decisions.
- Get insights into how well-prepared candidates are for the essential skills demanded by that industry.
- Use data to support workforce planning and internal career development.
Read our report to learn more.
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