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2025

• 12/11 | What are the Hidden Advantages of Hiring Relaunchers?
• 12/04 | Soft Skills, AI, and Agility: 6 Workforce Shifts Shaping 2026
• 11/18 | 5 Key Strategies to Enhance Competency Management with eLearning
• 11/06 | Beyond Resumes: How HR Can Find Real Talent in an AI-Driven Job Market
• 10/30 | Bridging Generational Differences for the AI Era Workforce
• 10/01 | What’s Next for Me? Helping Employees See Their Career Path Through Competencies
• 09/24 | How to Create a Skills Inventory By Assessing Your Workforce
• 09/17 | Compliance Tracking Made Easy: Proving Workforce Competency for Regulated Roles
• 09/03 | How Your Skills Management System Can Support Business Continuity Planning
• 09/02 | 7 Reasons Leading Companies Rely on Competencies to Drive Results
• 08/19 | Who’s Ready to Lead? Building Internal Talent with Competency-Based Career Paths
• 08/06 | From Guesswork to Clarity: Understand Your Workforce with an Employee Skills Assessment
• 07/31 | What is Competency Management and Why Do You Need It?
• 07/23 | What Do AI Job Interviews Mean for Skills-Based Hiring?
• 07/08 | Build Your Skills-Based Workforce Now for Future Business Agility
• 06/25 | How to Develop Leadership Competencies that Work
• 06/19 | The Key to an Effective Skills-Based Organization? Competency Management
• 06/03 | Future-Proofing Your Workforce: Smart AI Training for Employees
• 05/20 | 7 Tips to Strengthen and Sustain Your Competency Management Process
• 05/15 | The Pros and Cons of Six Different Competency Models
• 05/06 | Internal Talent Development Is the Future of Hiring. Here’s Why.
• 04/30 | Generation Z is Here. Are You Ready?
• 04/15 | The Skills Your Team May Be Missing: 3 Examples of Skills Gaps in the Workplace
• 04/04 | Welcome to Workforce Intelligence, the Avilar Blog
• 04/01 | Effective Return-to-Office Strategies: The Power of Skills Data
• 03/26 | 7 Keys to Competency-Based Performance Management
• 03/18 | Why it’s Important to Upskill Employees in an Uncertain Economy
• 03/06 | 5 Workforce Management Strategies That Fit Today’s Employees
• 02/18 | 7 Moves for Becoming a Skills-Based Organization to Gain an Edge
• 02/17 | 5 Key Features of a Competency-Based Assessment
• 02/10 | Leadership Skills for Business Success Needed in 2025
• 02/05 | 6 Smart Ways to Use AI in Hiring
• 01/23 | 8 Ways Skills Can Strengthen Your Mentoring Program
• 01/08 | 4 Predictions That Will Shape the Future of Workforce Management in 2025

2024

• 12/18 | 5 HR New Year Resolutions for Workplace Success in 2025
• 12/10 | The Power of a Flexible LMS. Can Your LMS Do This?
• 12/04 | Remember These 5 Important Professional Skills for Your Competency Model
• 11/20 | How Workforce Strategy Can Support a Holistic Approach to Business
• 11/07 | Why Use Learning in the Flow of Work to Engage Generation Z
• 10/24 | Skills and Competencies: How They Differ and How to Harness Both for Success
• 10/17 | Cohort-Based Learning: What is it? Is it Right for Your Organization?
• 10/01 | 3 Ways to Combat the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
• 09/19 | How to Improve Conflict Management Skills at Work
• 09/17 | The Top Skills You Need to Manage Business Contracts
• 09/12 | What is a Competency Model? Examples and Benefits
• 09/05 | 5 Trends to Consider When Creating a Business Continuity Plan
• 08/21 | Using Skills Management to Simplify Your Post-Merger Integration
• 08/12 | How Skills Can Strengthen Your Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans
• 08/07 | Getting the Full Business Benefits of Skills Management
• 08/06 | What Are The Top Skills Employers Look For Today?
• 07/24 | Insights from the Global Coursera Skills Report
• 07/17 | 6 Trends Driving Future Workplace Skills (And What to Do About it)
• 07/10 | What is Workforce Intelligence? Why is It Important Now?
• 06/28 | Where Should Generative AI Fit in the Workplace? Reflections from Avilar’s CEO
• 06/19 | Pros and Cons of Using a 9-Box Grid for Talent Management
• 06/05 | 5 Strategies for Building an Effective Future Workforce
• 05/17 | Unlocking Success: 8 Benefits of Assessing Employee Skills
• 05/09 | The Ultimate Competency Development Plan
• 05/01 | How to Measure and Improve Employee Productivity
• 04/16 | How is AI used in the workplace? Is your workforce ready?
• 04/03 | What is Workforce Optimization? What Does it Look Like?
• 03/20 | Do You Know These Top 5 Skills of Good Managers?
• 03/15 | How to Up Your Competency Management Game for 2024
• 03/05 | The Big Stay of 2023 Continues in 2024. Here’s Why.
• 02/22 | The Avilar Competency Model: What is It? How Can it Help?
• 02/07 | Can Employee Skills Assessments Really Help Avoid a Mis-Hire?
• 01/17 | 6 Factors That Motivate Gen Z in the Workplace
• 01/17 | Skills-based Hiring: It’s the First Good Step for Great Changes

2023

• 12/20 | The Future of Workforce Management: 6 Trends With Staying Power for 2024
• 12/06 | 7 Ways the U.S. OPM Competency Models Can Support Your Workforce Planning
• 11/15 | 7 Workplace Trends, Tools, and Technologies to Be Grateful For This Year
• 11/01 | How to Layoff Employees: 5 Best Practices for Doing a Reduction in Force
• 10/19 | What is the Impact of the Gig Economy on Your Future Workforce?
• 10/04 | How to Protect Your Employees and Company from AI-Related Cyber Attacks
• 09/22 | Inside Voices: How to Successfully Switch to a 30-Hour Workweek Schedule
• 09/07 | 4 Essential Elements to Include in Your Disaster Recovery Plan Checklist
• 08/17 | Automating Student Certification Reporting: One Training Company’s Story
• 08/10 | Is the Skills Gap a Myth?
• 08/02 | Five Ways AI Can Help Close the Skills Gap of Your Workforce
• 07/21 | Inside Voices: How to Know It’s Time to Leave Your Long-Time Employer
• 07/06 | How Can “New-Collar Workers” Spark a Positive Transformation at Your Organization?
• 06/22 | What is a Competency Library and How Can Your Company Benefit?
• 06/06 | Here Are 7 Top Picks for Your LMS Features Checklist
• 05/16 | Inside Voices: How to Start a New Job Late In Your Career
• 04/19 | 8 Benefits of Shifting to Data-Driven Decisions for Your Workforce
• 04/04 | What is Talent Mapping and What are the Benefits for Doing it?
• 03/21 | Inside Voices: What Makes a Good Mentor at Work for a College Student
• 03/07 | Why Them? How to Make Smart Layoff Decisions
• 02/16 | How to Increase Productivity in the Workplace in Times of Slow Growth
• 02/02 | Inside Voices: How to Identify Transferable Skills for a New Career
• 01/25 | What is a Competency Management System? What are the Top 10 Must-Have Features?
• 01/18 | Best Known Isn’t Always Best. How to Find the Right Talent Management Company for Your Organization
• 01/10 | Avilar is 25! Three Cheers for Our Customers and Team

2022

• 12/21 | Why a Multicultural Workplace Wins Over a Monocultural Environment, Every Time
• 11/16 | 9 Benefits of Charity Work for Businesses (HINT: It’s Not Just Financial)
• 11/08 | Are Your Leaders Equipped to Handle This New World of Work?
• 10/05 | It’s National Cybersecurity Month. Here Are 7 Ways to Keep Your Company Cyber-Safe
• 09/21 | How to Combat #QuietQuit at Your Workplace. Should you?
• 08/03 | How to Create Learning Opportunities for the Full Employee Lifecycle
• 08/03 | Competency Models: Choosing the Right Type for My Organization
• 07/20 | 8 Ways to Create a Caring Culture in the Workplace for Nonnative English Speakers
• 07/06 | How the Right Talent Management Software Can Help With Remote Workers
• 06/27 | Key Talent Issues in SMB
• 06/15 | Choosing Your Learning Tech Stack? Check Your Training Needs First
• 06/08 | Creating a Competency Framework in 5 Easy Steps
• 06/01 | How Competencies Help You Overcome the Halo Effect in the Workplace
• 05/24 | How to Engage and Retain New College Graduates
• 05/18 | Do Your Leaders Have the Skills Needed to Successfully Manage Teams Remotely?
• 05/06 | Why You Should Value Competencies and Skills Over College Degrees
• 05/04 | What Can a Sales Competency Model Do for Your Business Growth?
• 04/20 | Why Successful Upskilling Requires the Right Skills Assessment Tools
• 04/05 | Skills-Based Talent Management: What is it? Why is it Important?
• 03/16 | World Events Taking Their Toll: How to Help Your Employees Through (Another) Crisis
• 03/03 | First-generation professionals: What can you do to ensure they succeed?
• 02/16 | 7 Ways an LMS Can Strengthen Your Competency Management Program
• 01/19 | How Can Competency Management Help With Hiring Internal Candidates?
• 01/05 | 4 Predictions: Why 2022 Will Be a Skills-First Kind of Year

2021

• 12/15 | Top 8 Management Trends of 2021: What We Learned This Year
• 12/01 | How to Choose the Best Performance Management Software for Your SME
• 11/17 | 4 Benefits of Performance Management Tools for Small and Mid-Size Enterprises
• 11/02 | Career Transparency: Why Does it Matter for Employee Retention?
• 09/22 | How (and Why) to Build a Culture of Respect for Your Service Workers
• 09/08 | What Did Hurricane Ida Teach Us About Business Continuity Strategy?
• 08/18 | 5 Steps to Closing the Workforce Skills Gap with Continuous Learning
• 08/03 | Reskilling, Upskilling, and New Skilling: What’s the Difference? Why Does It Matter?
• 07/13 | The Great Resignation is Happening. Is Your Company Ready?
• 07/07 | 5 Tips for Building a Successful Return-to-Office Plan
• 06/16 | Understanding Durable vs. Perishable Skills and How to Balance Them
• 06/02 | 5 Important Questions to Answer Before Building a Competency Model
• 05/18 | 6 Ways Competency Management Can Support Your Hybrid Work Environment
• 05/04 | Do you Really Need to Prepare for an Active Shooter at Work?
• 04/20 | What are the Top 2021 HR Priorities?
• 04/06 | How to Attract Female Employees to Your Company – and Retain Them!
• 03/24 | 5 Advantages of a Competency-Based Approach to Solving Workforce Issues
• 02/24 | What Are the Top Four High-Demand Skills in 2021?
• 02/10 | Which Competencies Are Most Important for Your New Leaders?
• 01/27 | What Will the COVID-19 Vaccine Do to Employee Retention?
• 01/12 | Stand by Me: The Latest Innovative Employee Retention Strategies

2020

• 12/16 | Who Knew? 10 Skills to be Grateful for from 2020
• 12/02 | The Stay Conversation: It’s How to Retain Top Talent
• 11/18 | Resilience Rises: 4 Top Competencies of HR Professionals
• 11/04 | How NOT to Fail at Your Skills Development Program
• 10/06 | How to Be CyberSmart in a COVID-19 World
• 09/23 | How to Boost Your LMS When Upskilling Employees is Your Goal
• 09/10 | How to Update Your Business Continuity Plan in a Time of Crises
• 08/19 | How to Model Great Leadership in Tough Times
• 08/05 | Building Blocks for a Successful Workforce Development Plan
• 07/22 | What is a “Skills Matrix” Used for and Why Do You Need One?
• 07/09 | What is COVID-19 Doing to the Workforce of the Future?
• 06/24 | 3 Tips for Implementing a Wellness Program in the Workplace
• 06/03 | What You Can Do to Combat Racism at Work
• 05/20 | What is a Skills Assessment and Why is it Important?
• 05/06 | How to Bring the Best Lessons from COVID-19 Back to Work
• 04/08 | How to Create a Skills Inventory and Why it’s Important
• 03/25 | Business Continuity: How Can Competency Management Help Now?
• 02/27 | Pandemic Planning: How to Prepare for the Coronavirus
• 02/05 | How to Use Competency Models to Develop Leaders in the Workplace
• 01/22 | How to Offer Flexible Career Pathing Using Competency Management

2019

• 12/17 | How to Reach Your Competency Management Objectives in the Age of AI
• 12/03 | On-Premise or Cloud LMS?: How to Make the Best Choice
• 11/22 | Competency Management: How to Get Your Workforce on Board
• 11/05 | How to Get Started with Competency Management
• 10/04 | Do You Need to Update Your Training Program?
• 09/05 | How to Boost Government Diversity with Competencies
• 08/22 | How to Win the War for Talent with Competencies
• 08/12 | How to Bolster The Employee Experience With Competencies
• 07/25 | Why Competency Projects Fail (And How to Avoid It)
• 07/10 | Should You Adopt Reverse Mentoring at Your Workplace?
• 06/27 | How to Optimize Workforce Allocation with Competencies
• 06/25 | Bring on the Best Employees
• 06/14 | Is a Shorter Workweek Right for Your Organization?
• 05/30 | How to Unlock the Expertise Economy with Upskilling
• 05/10 | The Hidden Benefits of Keeping an Updated Skills Inventory
• 04/30 | Are You Prepared for the Measles Outbreak to Hit Your Workforce?
• 04/12 | 7 Definitive Ways to Unlock the Full Potential of Your Employees
• 04/12 | How to Combat “Accidental” Leadership With Data
• 03/26 | 4 Essential Steps to a Successful Succession Planning Process
• 03/06 | Why You Should Boost Soft Skills in Your Organization
• 02/21 | What did we Learn from the Government Shutdown?
• 02/13 | Inadequate Competency Model Hazards and How to Avoid Them
• 02/07 | Why You Need to Up Your Succession Planning Game for Millennials
• 01/23 | Amazon’s Big HQ2 Decision Put the Spotlight on Competencies
• 01/11 | To Train or Not to Train: Analyzing Performance Problems

2018

• 12/07 | How to Close Your Workforce Skills Gaps with Reskilling
• 11/29 | Why Now is the Right Time to Build a Powerful Workforce
• 11/21 | One Agency’s Competency Management Success Story and Unexpected Benefits
• 11/09 | Why Are Companies Turning to Older Workers? Should You?
• 10/29 | How to do Online Training for Government the Right Way
• 10/10 | 5 Ways to Combat Cyber Threats at Your Organization
• 09/13 | How Natural Disasters Impact Businesses
• 09/07 | Why Succession Planning is a Top Priority for the Federal Government
• 08/24 | 4 Surprising Things You Can Learn from Your LMS
• 08/08 | How to Overcome Government Performance Management Challenges
• 07/31 | LMS Demo: How to Make it Painless and Productive
• 07/19 | Why Cybersecurity is an Every-Employee Initiative
• 07/11 | Improve Government Customer Service? Look to the Workforce
• 06/20 | How to Win the Government Talent War
• 06/14 | Business Continuity Planning – Preparing Your Skills Inventory
• 06/04 | The Best of Disaster Management: 4 Lessons from Kilauea
• 05/07 | Competency Management: Top Pitfalls of Poor Implementation
• 04/30 | How to Meet the Demand for Better Government Performance Management
• 04/05 | 4 Important Considerations for Writing Competency Definitions
• 03/27 | 3 Keys to Successful Federal Leadership Development
• 03/13 | Are You Failing Millennials with Your Performance Management?
• 03/06 | Competency Management: Understanding the Return on Effort
• 02/28 | How to Choose Government Competency Management Technology
• 02/01 | 8 Critical Success Factors for Competency Management Implementation
• 01/25 | 5 Important Skills for Strong Future Leaders
• 01/18 | 4 Simple Steps That Boost Workforce Performance
• 01/11 | Are You Ready for These 5 Trends in Learning and Development?

2017

• 12/13 | How Lifelong Learning is at the Heart of Singapore’s Success
• 12/04 | (Part 2) Integrating a Competency Management Method: Why It Results in Success
• 11/28 | Why Do Companies Commit to the Greater Good?
• 11/20 | Integrating a Competency Management Method – 5 Steps (Part 1)
• 11/13 | 10 Favorite LMS Features and Why We Love Them
• 10/27 | 5 Tips for Doing a Reduction in Force (RIF) the Right Way
• 10/17 | Disaster Planning: Ask These Critical Questions for Successful Preparedness
• 10/10 | Contemplating Competencies: What Are the Best Companies Doing Now?
• 09/05 | Hurricanes: How to Prepare for Tomorrow’s Disaster Today
• 08/22 | Is the LMS Obsolete? Ask the Corvette!
• 08/03 | How to Unleash the Power of Competencies
• 07/07 | How to Tackle “Big Crew Change.” One Industry’s Story.
• 06/20 | How to (Really) Get to Workplace Satisfaction
• 05/22 | LMS Makeover: How to Get From Tired to Trendy
• 04/27 | 5 Reasons Why Up-to-Date Job Descriptions are Essential
• 04/17 | How the Outrageous United Airlines Incident Could Have Been Prevented
• 04/10 | Using Video to Enhance Your LMS
• 03/30 | Engaging a Multigenerational Workforce Through Continued Learning
• 03/16 | Why Good Managers Really Do Make a Difference
• 03/03 | Not-So-Common LMS Features that Clients Find Indispensable
• 01/03 | Alternatives to Firing an Employee

2016

• 12/16 | Developing Strong Leaders Through Strategic Mentoring
• 12/02 | 5 Simple Steps to Prepare for a Workforce Crisis
• 11/01 | Retaining Top Talent with Competency-Based Succession Planning
• 10/19 | Building a Positive Company Culture with Competency Management
• 10/10 | The Connection Between Competencies and Productivity
• 09/07 | Management Skills vs. Leadership Skills
• 09/02 | 5 Reasons Why Your Small Business Should Invest in an LMS
• 08/22 | Performance Management vs. Performance Appraisal: What’s The Difference?
• 07/19 | The Strategic Workforce Planning Best Practices Toolkit
• 06/28 | The LMS Implementation Best Practices Guide
• 06/23 | How Much Does A Learning Management System Cost?
• 06/06 | How to Implement a Competency-Based Training Program
• 06/03 | 5 Elements of A Successful Competency-Based Development Plan

2012

• 05/01 | Managing Your Workforce: Don’t Let the Good Ones Get Away!
• 04/09 | Role of the Month: The Supervisor, and the Skills They Need