HasBean: “This is Cedric. You said you needed extra resources to finish your project on time.” Project Manager: “Hi Cedric. Thanks HB. It’s great you found someone with the networking skills we needed.” HasBean: “Cedric is my nephew. He is here doing work experience.” Project Manager: “Hang on! I created an explicit SFIA profile of …
Its Importance and Benefits The practice of determining the essential skills for an employee to reach optimal performance according to their job descriptions and adjusting those skills to best meet the goals and the strategy of a business is called competency management. But, understanding what competencies are is key to be able to understand the …
Without a shadow of a doubt, digital technology has changed the way people work. This was the case even before the pandemic and it is now more prominent and important since many people are working from home. However, many businesses, especially smaller ones, lack digital skills and are therefore lagging behind others. Thus, actions must …
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Over the past years, the cloud has remarkably influenced and shaped the digital workplace. That being said, did you know that an average person uses 36 cloud applications and services daily, some of which include Microsoft Teams, LinkedIn, Office 365, etc? Plus, because of the many advantages the cloud offers when using it for workplace …
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Briefly put, SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age), pronounced Sofia, describes skills and competencies required by professionals in roles involved in the booming data economy. SFIA was formally launched in 2000, although its origins can be traced back to the 1980s and a number of collaborative skills and competency management projects which led to the SFIA Framework. …
A list of structured steps for reaching career goals is called a professional development plan (PDP). This plan helps you get insight into how to achieve your career objectives and turns out to be really useful when searching for a new job. A professional development plan can be created in various formats including a typed …
Undergoing a cyber security transformation is definitely the best way to protect your organization and build defenses against a great range of cyber threats. But, what is a cyber security transformation exactly? – In short, it is a holistic approach to identifying and overhauling vulnerabilities within the operational security and technological infrastructures of an organization. …
HasBean: “So Rachel, how was your Prince2 training?” Rachel: “Excellent. I really enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to putting some ideas to good use.” HasBean: “Ah, yeah sure. I’m hoping we can find a use for it. Hey, but at least you now have the certificate.” Rachel: “You know what they say, if you don’t …
Candidate: “So as you can see, I have the majority of the skills you require for the role advertised.” HasBean: “Just a minute! It looks like your seat is much higher than mine?” HasBean: “Excuse me, I’ll need to adjust this before we can continue the interview.” HasBean: “That’s much better, now what were you …
Colleague: “Hey HB, have you created your digital skill profile yet?” HasBean: “No time for that nonsense!” Colleague: “But it’s the basis for your career development plan!” HasBean: “Prefer to just keep my head down. Don’t want people knowing my skills!” Colleague: “But what if there is a great internal job opportunity available!” HasBean: “Nah! …
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