How do you actually scale CV-less, skills-based hiring? | Arctic Shores x Siemens - RecFest 2024

What if we told you you could overcome skills shortages, improve candidate quality, future-proof for the era of the AI-enabled candidate, and have hiring managers coming to you asking to adopt skills-based hiring? 

Last year, Siemens’ Head of Talent Acquisition Gemma Aldridge spoke at RecFest to share insights into a pilot that filled technical roles 5x faster than before, achieved a 50:50 gender-balanced shortlist, and unlocked phenomenal talent - despite the skills crisis.

A year on Gemma was joined on stage by James Higgins, Head of Systems Delivery – Systems GB&I at Siemens Electrification & Automation who shared his experience of being Siemens’ first hiring manager outside Early Careers to pilot CV-less, skills-based hiring. 

They also shared insights into…

⚡​ Their practical framework for moving from adopting skills-based hiring in Early Careers, to trialling the approach for ‘hard-to-fill’ roles, to scaling the roll-out across the business (achieving recognition from the CEO) 

⚡​ Lessons learned from scaling –– including tips on how to get started with a pilot, form an innovation squad and turn sceptics into advocates

⚡​ Perspectives on how to adapt your whole selection process beyond sift, and how to evolve your process for the era of the AI-enabled candidate 

⚡​ Insights into how to save recruiter time while increasing candidate quality to help your TA team become a strategic function –– not just an admin-focused one   

We also shared the results of Arctic Shores' latest survey into candidate usage of GenAI and what that means for TA from here on out.

And if you want to learn more about how Siemens EA implemented skills-based hiring then watch our TA Disruptors episode with James Higgins, and one of the first candidates Siemens EA hired through this process, Senior Project Engineer – Martin Hudson, to capture his reflections on what it was like to be part of a CV-less hiring process and why more businesses should embrace this approach.