Skills mapping: the challenges of digitalization

Who says competency framework, says skills mapping and digitization of businesses. However, this milestone is sometimes difficult to overcome for many of them! Despite the rise of new technologies, some do not yet appreciate their usefulness...

What are the challenges of digitalization in business?

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If the skills mapping has always been one of the tools necessary for the activity and management of businesses, it is becoming all the more essential today because of its dynamic and digital nature. To date, it must be integrated into a world in constant evolution.

A world connected to multiple and complex communication channels. To give just one example, search engines and websites abound on the web, followed by applications, digital tools (ERP, CRM, etc.).

Why? Simply because these tools help to accelerate and facilitate exchanges between employees. However, a few refractories are still present...

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What are the main digital and business obstacles?

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Digital technology is popular with a good number of businesses and individuals. However, some have had difficulty seizing all the opportunities offered by these new digital channels. It must be said that the multiplicity of tools has created a stir on the web: you don't know what to choose for your business and digital trends vary from one day to the next! Not to mention that some tools are too complex at first glance.

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To give just a few examples:

• The absence of professional tool updates. For example: LinkedIn resumes are often abandoned along the way (very often when a job is found) and never updated. You cannot rely on it 100% as a recruiter.
• The lack of updates from software publishers and providers tends to slow down the functioning of businesses. Those that have existed since 2000's do not question themselves. Software downloaded, not updated and secured on the Cloud, lacks many functionalities. Businesses have had a hard time overcoming their old habits and are, in the face of this stubbornness, seeing their turnover impact over time.
• There is a profound mismatch between the new connected generation and recruiters. They do not use the same tools and no longer share the same working language.
• The lack of visibility of the past career, career goals and motivations of each person. This lack of perspective comes from the analysis of candidate profiles. Recruiters go to platforms that mix private and personal life (portfolio, social networks). A time-consuming habit because they have to decrypt information, which is not intended for recruitment, etc.

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