Half-Day Comprehensive Workshop

  • Rebuild your hiring process with a skills and competency-based approach by focusing on candidates' capabilities rather than credentials
  • Improve retention by rebuilding job descriptions, interview processes, onboarding and more
  • Increase diversity among your workforce using data-driven tools that lead to more equitable hiring processes
  • Network with talent-sourcing organizations
  • Content is tailored for each organization's needs along with individualized coaching

This program is a partnership between: 

GESMN logo
Minneapolis Regional Chamber logo
Urban League Twin Cities logo
Twin Cities Society for Human Resource Management logo
St Paul Chamber logo

In-Person Workshops

This comprehensive 4-hour in person workshop offers a hands-on assessment and reconstruction of your organization's hiring, onboarding and talent management processes to move beyond traditional hiring approaches to focus on the true skills and abilities needed to do a job. The process drives empowerment, accessibility, diversity and inclusion that all leads to improved retention.

Upcoming Workshops:

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Location: Dakota County 
TBD
Cost: $50

Register

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Location: Minneapolis
TBD
Cost: $50

Register

Resources

  • Case Study - Markle Foundation's case study of the successes of GESMN's Accelerator Program
  • PDF Flyer - Minnesota Employer Talent Accelerator program
  • McKinsey Report about building a skills-based, inclusive workforce

Videos

Testimonials & Facts

Markle Foundation

"Hiring for skills is 5X more predictive of on-the-job performance than strictly hiring for education."

Consumer goods and services

HR manager

"My updated job posting had 18 applications that were all qualified. The old one had one candidate that was way over-qualified."