{"id":24225,"date":"2013-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wwwebdesignstudios.com\/client05\/technological-advancements-undermining-hr-processes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:07:39","slug":"technological-advancements-undermining-hr-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wwwebdesignstudios.com\/client05\/technological-advancements-undermining-hr-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Technological Advancements Undermining Your HR Processes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Are Technological Advancements Undermining Your Hr Processes?\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20982\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.wwwebdesignstudios.com\/client05\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/man_using_clear_touchscreen_sq-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>With rapidly advancing technologies, the majority of industries are faced with the double challenge of 1) staying informed and current and 2) effectively integrating new systems, processes and software into existing job functions.<\/p>\n<p>Within the context of an organization, and even more so in terms of human resources and job performance management, this modern reality can prove to be an even greater challenge, as the workforce naturally habituates itself to its acquired skills, while monetary investments needed to provide coaching on new developments seem to grow exponentially.<\/p>\n<p>Even with a renewed workforce of students entering the job market, the tasks and responsibilities pertaining to a job are often not as expected, and the skills required to execute them therefore aren\u2019t as perfectly aligned to the candidate as originally conceived.<\/p>\n<p>So how can companies hope to find, attract, retain, and \u2018update\u2019 their workforce with the right technical competencies in their HR processes?<\/p>\n<h2><b>Not your average pyramid scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>A competency model can be conceptualized as a pyramid, from personal competencies (or soft skills) at the base, to industry-specific and sector-specific skills in the middle, and task-specific competencies at the upper tier.<\/p>\n<p>Competencies considered to be industry-specific are technical competencies pertaining to a very specific domain, role or industry; let\u2019s think, for instance, of standards and certifications, core technologies and processing methods, etc. Because they are so technical, it can be extremely challenging for a \u2018generalized\u2019 HR function to both identify and update these competencies over time.<\/p>\n<h2><b>The benefit of dictionaries<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Aside from the obvious benefit of providing a starting point and uniform language for the development of a competency model, <a href=\"https:\/\/workitect.com\/products-and-licenses\/workitect-competency-dictionary-license\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a competency dictionary<\/a>\u00a0is often a crucial source of up-to-date industry-technical skills that will help you optimize your recruiting process and the performance management of your existing workforce.<\/p>\n<p>You can also learn to identify, plan, and implement technical competencies into your competency model at our <a href=\"https:\/\/workitect.com\/competency-workshop\/creating-technical-competencies-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1-day Creating Technical Competencies workshop.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Are Technological Advancements Undermining Your Hr Processes?\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21706\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.wwwebdesignstudios.com\/client05\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Workitect_33018-copy.png\" alt=\"Workitect\" width=\"200\" height=\"66\" \/>To learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/workitect.com\/\">products and services<\/a>, and how competencies and competency models can help your organization, call 800-870-9490, email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@workitect.com\">info@workitect.com<\/a><br \/>\nor use the contact form at \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/workitect.com\/competency-based-talent-management-free-proposal\/\">Workitect.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a9\ufe0f2019, Workitect, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With rapidly advancing technologies, the majority of industries are faced with the double challenge of 1) staying informed and current and 2) effectively integrating new systems, processes and software into existing job functions. 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