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Join the nation-wide movement in adopting skills-based practices to attract, hire, retain and promote quality talent

Welcome to the Accelerator program

Be the agent of change within your community

Accelerator Facilitation Playbook

This playbook provides the resources for you to lead a community of employers in implementing skills-based talent practices into their organizations, to help them attract, hire, retain, and promote quality talent

Welcome to the Accelerator Program

Join the nation-wide movement in adopting skills-based practices to attract, hire, retain
and promote quality talent

Program Elements

Self-paced primer

Online resources (e.g., virtual courses, videos, case studies) to provide baseline knowledge of skills-based practices and their benefits

Structured coaching

1:1 personalized coaching sessions designed to help employers transition to skills-based practices through hands-on training

Self-paced primer

In-person or virtual events with the cohort of employer participants and connectivity with local workforce organizations (e.g., career centers, training providers, community organizations)

Events vary by program type

The Accelerator program helps employers to adopt skills-based practices by providing guidance and hands-on support for successful implementation. The program was developed by the Rework America Alliance and McKinsey and Company, and will be delivered by a national network of facilitators

Learn from past participants in the video below

Do you want to facilitate an Accelerator program?

If you support employers and want to help them adopt skills-based practices, consider adding this program to your offerings. Potential facilitators include:

Chambers of commerce
Government organizations
Community-based organizations
Workforce organizations

Learn more about becoming a facilitator

Are you an employer that wants to participate in an Accelerator program?

If you are ready to adopt skills-based practices at your organization, this program will guide you through the process. Potential participants include:

Human resource teams: hiring managers, generalists, leads
Recruiters
Leaders of small and medium businesses
Others that want to change the way they hire and develop talent

Learn more about participating in a program

Benefits of participating in the Accelerator program

Fill job openings

Focusing on the skills needed for the role rather than bias-prone credentials enables a broader set of applicants to see themselves in the position, increasing your reach

Hire employees that will be successful

Consistent, skills-based interviews and screening help to better evaluate candidates’ abilities, reduce bias, and enable a more informed selection of candidates

Increase workforce diversity

Targeted expansion beyond your traditional channels enables you to reach a more diverse set of qualified candidates

Improve employee retention

Creating opportunities for employee development and advancement helps retain quality talent

What are skills-based practices?

Skills-based practices move beyond traditional approaches and help solve employers’ toughest talent challenges – by focusing on the knowledge, skills, and abilities (versus credentials) needed to do a job

Example practices

Expand talent pipelines – look for candidates outside of industry with nontraditional experience
Write job postings based on core skills needed, instead of experiences or credentials obtained
Evaluate candidates based on their demonstration of skills and willingness to learn
Promote internally using upskilling training programs and apprenticeships

Testimonials from Accelerator program participants

My updated job posting had 18 applicants who were all qualified. The old one had one candidate who was way overqualified. I have hired for the position and am now trying to source these individuals (other qualified applicants) into other areas of our company.

– HR Director, Wholesale company

This program was a game changer. What I accomplished through the program in one hour would have taken me 6-8 hours to do on my own. The progress we made was incredible.

– HR Generalist, Transportation services

After taking these trainings, it gave me more confidence. When I started, I had 20-22 openings, and now I have five. This helped me better communicate with prospects and ask the right questions.

– Recruiter, Commercial cleaning services

Making a few skills-based tweaks to our program coordinator job posting yielded 12 applicants in a week and a successful candidate who was hired with a ‘backup’ whereas previously it was hard to find anyone who passed resume screening.

– Employee Relations Specialist, Mental health services

From updating job postings to emphasize skills I’ve seen a larger pool of candidates apply

– Recruiter, State Government

This opened my eyes to give people a chance and really understand what we need versus what we thought we needed

– VP, Manufacturing

Testimonials from Accelerator program participants

– HR Director, Wholesale company

This program was a game changer. What I accomplished through the program in one hour would have taken me 6-8 hours to do on my own. The progress we made was incredible.

– HR Generalist, Transportation services

After taking these trainings, it gave me more confidence. When I started, I had 20-22 openings, and now I have five. This helped me better communicate with prospects and ask the right questions.

– Recruiter, Commercial cleaning services

– Employee Relations Specialist, Mental health services

From updating job postings to emphasize skills I’ve seen a larger pool of candidates apply

– Recruiter, State Government

This opened my eyes to give people a chance and really understand what we need versus what we thought we needed

– VP, Manufacturing

My updated job posting had 18 applicants that were all qualified. The old one had 1 candidate that was way overqualified.

- HR manager in the consumer goods and services industry

Making a few skills-based tweaks to our program coordinator job posting yielded :
1. 12 applicants in the week after the new posting was shared vs 2-3 weeks previously
2. A successful candidate that was hired and a “backup” from those 12, whereas previously it was hard to find anyone who passed resume screening

- Employee Relations & Training Specialist in the healthcare industry

After taking these trainings it made me have more confidence; when I started, I had 20-22 openings and now I have 5.

- Recruiter in the commercial services industry

Before [this program], I run into the scenario of 29 [resume] submittals for 1 selection, now I think we can get it closer to 3-7 resume submittals since we know exactly what they need in the position.

- Recruiter in the technology industry

So really it’s a full-fledged plan that you guys gave me with all the tools to basically just make it seamless without having to recreate the wheel. There’s no way that one person would be able to do that

- HR manager in the manufacturing industry

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