You Can't Buy Yourself Out of Skills Scarcity
A Skills-Powered Workshop Facilitated by Janice Burns, VP of Strategy, and Karl Weston, VP of Consulting
May 6, 2026 | 2 pm BST
Key Topics
Understand why competing for the same narrow talent pools is a structural problem that more reqs, more recruiters, and more sourcing channels can't solve.
Learn how leading organisations are shifting from role-based hiring to skills-based hiring to unlock adjacent talent and reduce dependency on scarce candidate pools.
Move beyond tactical experimentation and align recruiting with the enterprise workforce strategy your leadership is asking for.
Our 4-Step Skills Workshop
Talent acquisition leaders are on the front lines of labour shortages, but hiring harder isn’t the same as hiring smarter.
In a structurally tight labour market, posting more jobs, increasing recruiter capacity, or expanding sourcing channels won’t solve the underlying problem: organisations are competing for the same narrow set of skills. Essentially, talent acquisition can’t simply buy its way out of today’s labour market realities.
Skills-based workforce strategy changes the equation. Instead of competing for identical talent pools, organisations can expand supply, rethink requirements, and mobilise skills already inside the business. But making that shift requires more than tactical recruiting changes. It requires alignment with the broader workforce strategy your leadership actually cares about.
Whether your mindset is:
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Our reqs are staying open longer every year. How do we compete?
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We’re experimenting with skills-based hiring, but it feels tactical.
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Leadership wants a skills strategy, so how does recruiting lead it?
This workshop will show how talent acquisition can move from filling roles to orchestrating skills supply.
This is a small, discussion-based session designed to be practical and interactive. Bring your questions and hear how peers are tackling similar challenges. Spots are limited to keep the conversation focused. If you join the waitlist, you’ll still receive key takeaways and follow-up resources.
