Where are your skill gaps? Do you know? If not, how can you adapt and adjust strategies to improve?

What Is A Skill Gap Analysis?

A skills gap analysis is the process of working out what competencies you have currently, compared to what is needed to achieve your goals. This could be on a personal level – for instance analysing what skills an individual will need in order to get a promotion. Or, it could be at an organisational level; identifying what is missing from your team can help you recruit the right people, target training to up-skill your teams and ultimately smash your targets.

Once you understand the deficit, you can start working to bridge those gaps. As skills are built or hired for, your goals will be easier to achieve, driving success for the team and wider organisation.

How Do You Analyse A Skill Gap?

A thorough skills assessment will take planning. You must be explicitly clear about what you want to achieve in order to work out how to get there. You also have to know which bits are mission-critical and which are simply nice to have.

Realistically, it’s a three-step process. However, some of the steps are more laborious and will only deliver results over time:

1. Set the vision: You won’t know what the gap is if you don’t have an end goal in mind. Be clear about what the objective is, what targets you want to hit and what skills you need to reach that point.
2. Look at the current state: Do you have the necessary skills? How far away are you from achieving those goals? What do you need more of? How can you balance the competencies in your team?
3. Address the gap: Whether you plan to make some strategic hires, or implement some carefully designed learning, there are lots of ways to address a skill gap.

Step three can be the hardest part. You’ve identified the gap, but what next? This is where learning can really support your goals. With the proper up-skilling in place, you can give your people the skills they need to fill those gaps.

Find The Other Way To Analyse Skill Gaps With Alchemist

Don’t like the sound of all that work? That’s why we created SkillsChecker. This programme will transform the way you perform skills assessments. Driven by diagnostics, it provides a highly personalised experience for both you and your team.

The main benefits of Alchemist SkillsChecker:

• Diagnostic Tool: allowing you to collaborate with your direct reports to identify strengths and skill gaps.
• Comparative Results: enabling you to compare results between learner and manager and target the gaps identified
• Fully Customisable: empowering you with ultimate flexibility to keep your learning relevant and impactful
• Comprehensive Data Capture: giving you in-depth insights to make fully informed decisions

With the deep insights provided in this software, you can get a clear picture of the current state of play. From here, you can make strategic choices about what needs to be developed, which are the highest priority and how best to target them.

Let Alchemist Support Your Assessments and Goals:

Data-driven diagnostics that allow you to precisely target learning where it’s actually needed – what’s not to like? Book a meeting with Alchemist today to find out exactly how SkillsChecker can support you and your learners. With the right learning technology in place, learning can deliver the maximum impact.

Alternatively, if you’ve done the legwork in assessing the competencies among your team and are ready to talk about professional development, we can help with that. Whether you’re looking for learning that improves communication, helps your leaders navigate change, or your sales teams to negotiate more effectively, we have a solution. Book a meeting today to find out how we can help you design the right learning to address your skill gaps today: