The global workforce has been evolving at a rapid pace for the past few years, but that pales in comparison to recent months. The world — and workforce — as we know it will never be the same again. The pandemic and consequential global shutdown, and mass remote-work shift, has sped up digital transformation by years and placed more emphasis on the knowledge-based economy.
This has made hiring and cultivating the right knowledge and skills into your workforce more critical than ever before. In fact, research suggests that a significant percentage of market capitalization in public companies is based on intangible assets such as employee skills.
