Every recruiter and hiring manager knows it's best to seek candidates who align with the company's long-term objectives, but knowing and doing are two different things. Getting the right candidate the ...

Competency management systems allow employers to evaluate employees' performance. Use of these systems allows managers and supervisors to identify gaps, deploy remedial training, recruit staff and ...

You’re at a cocktail party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m an automation professional,” you reply. “Oh, so you work with robots,” comes the response. Well, maybe you do work with ...

A "competency model" released on Jan. 12 by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Associated General Contractors of America give training centers, community colleges, and high schools in the United ...

You'll often hear that a college student's most valuable resources are time and money. Well, one area institution is offering coursework that frees up a student's time to earn more money. Rasmussen ...

NASHVILLE -- Mart Sessler has gone far with his associate degree. He worked his way up to vice president of information systems at a large insurance provider. But after 25 years in his field, Sessler ...

In a world of rapid disruption, the idea of having a core competency–an intrinsic set of skills required to thrive in certain markets–is an outmoded principle. Apple, Nike, and Netflix have better ...

Competency-based education and assessment initiatives have been completed in a number of health care and health management professions during the past decade. In addition, several competency ...

New Hampshire schools have retired a century old education standard, replacing it with a new performance-based learning model. The report details the case studies of two New Hampshire high schools ...