Internal Capability Building - Institute for Human Resource Professionals

Internal Capability Building

Grow and retain your staff for better reliability

Developing from within strengthens a workforce you already know and trust, reduces hiring friction, and shows employees their growth matters. It builds long-term resilience by ensuring future hiring complements your existing strengths instead of replacing them.

Assess

Conduct a company-wide skills stocktake to identify critical skills for business growth and gaps in your current workforce.
Use TalentTrack to:
- Understand emerging and in-demand skills in your industry.
- Obtain tailored training insights for your workforce.
- Benchmark training grant utilisation against industry peers.

Chart

Develop a skills roadmap that aligns workforce capability development with long-term business strategy.
Prioritise internal skills enhancement before looking externally.
Use TalentTrack+ to chart career and skills pathways for employees.
Plan interventions such as job rotations, mentorships, and targeted training to close identified gaps.

Execute

Upskill and reskill employees through structured training, leveraging tools such as Skills Frameworks, SkillsFuture for Business course directory, and Career Conversion Programmes (CCP).
Redesign job roles with Job Redesign solutions to better match employees’ skills to evolving business needs.
Recognise, reward, and promote employees who successfully transition into enhanced roles, reinforcing a culture of adaptability and growth.

Success Story

Empowering Growth: How MOBI and Coaching Are Shaping a Skills-First Future at OCBC

OCBC is future-proofing its workforce with a skills-first strategy powered by AI, coaching, and learner autonomy, turning career growth into a personalised and actionable journey.

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GROW at Grab: Unlocking the full potential of our workforce

In a rapidly changing and competitive landscape, the ability to innovate and grow depends on accessing the right skills, not just headcount.

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Skills-First Practices Resources

Career Transition Insights Tool

Explore career transition pathways – pivot your staff into in-demand growth roles and build alternative talent pipelines for hard-to-fill roles, based on occupation and skills similarities, labour market insights and salary data Learn how to become a Jobs-Skills Portal Partner for free access to the Career Transition Insights Tool via the button below.

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TalentTrack

Your one stop free-to-use skills dashboard

Understand the in-demand and emerging skills needed for your industry
Obtain skills and training insights for your industry, curated for your workforce
Track your training grant utilisation against others in your industry

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TalentTrack+

Use advanced HRTech tools for more in-depth workforce planning

Benchmark your employee skills readiness against the requirements of their current and future job roles
Identify and close identified skills gaps with personalised training recommendations
Map out viable career progression pathways based on skills adjacencies
Facilitate meaningful career conversations between employees and supervisors

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Explore the SkillsFuture for Business course directory and unlock your business’s full potential. All courses in the directory are subsidised.