Indeed Skills-First Hiring: What Actually Changes When You Try to Do It

Moving Skills-First Hiring from Intent to Execution

Most organizations agree: skills-first hiring is the future. Fewer can say they've made it work at scale.

This private, in-person roundtable, led by Indeed, brings together senior Talent Acquisition and HR leaders to have an honest conversation about what really changes when companies move beyond the theory of skills-based hiring and attempt to operationalise it across hiring, assessment and workforce decisions. 

Designed for enterprise organizations, this session focuses on the gap between ambition and execution - where skills-first initiatives often stall, and what it takes to turn skills into a true operating model rather than a policy statement.

What We'll Discuss:

Through candid, peer-led discussion, participants will explore:

• Where skills-first hiring most commonly breaks down in real-world hiring workflows.
• What actually needs to change in sourcing, assessment and decision-making - not just job architecture.
• How data and AI can support better skills-based decisions without introducing new bias or risk.
• The implications of skills-first thinking for workforce planning and internal mobility.
• What enterprise TA leaders have learned the hard way - and what they'd do differently.

This is a practical conversation over dinner, grounded in lived experience, not best-practice slides.

Request an Invitation Below:

This is a private, invitation-only roundtable with limited seating to preserve the quality of discussion.

Join Indeed and you peers for a candid conversation about what skills-first hiring actually requires when theory meets reality.