{"id":24228,"date":"2013-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wwwebdesignstudios.com\/client05\/competitive-edge-depends-on-employees\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:07:42","slug":"competitive-edge-depends-on-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wwwebdesignstudios.com\/client05\/competitive-edge-depends-on-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Competitive Edge Depends on Your Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Your Competitive Edge Depends On Your Employees\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18279\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.wwwebdesignstudios.com\/client05\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/people-footer-300x199-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"209\" \/>The business of human resources is changing. Given the accelerated rate of turbulence in almost every aspect of the economy, HR professionals have to work harder than ever to maintain the knowledge, skills, insights and experience that prove relevant for the companies and competitive markets within which they work.<\/p>\n<p>As the HR function is expected to effectively measure these characteristics during the crucial selection process, it must also seek <b>an exact combination<\/b> of these factors \u2013 knowledge, skills, insights, motives and experience \u2013 in <b>every<\/b> candidate in order to fill a role successfully and thus support the company\u2019s viability and growth.<\/p>\n<p>But in today\u2019s changing workforce, this means getting more specialized, and this isn&#8217;t always easy if your HR processes are not keeping up with your evolving environment.<\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s not business as usual<\/h2>\n<p>As the future role of HR has begun to undergo change, competencies are now being used as an effective and highly accurate way to refocus an organization on what is really important to its success specifically, as well as what it takes for the workforce to be successful in achieving both their and the company\u2019s main objectives. In other words, it is no longer a process that seeks to find a candidate who can \u2018do a job,\u2019 but now one that needs to determine if the prospective employee can do the job in a manner that consciously accomplishes the top business goals.<\/p>\n<p>A customized technical competency model highlights specialized skills and proficiencies required within each job role, in addition to the behaviors, motives and self-traits sought out by the corporate culture. According to the United States Office of Personnel Management, implementing such a model further supports the future and success of the HR function within the business context, as it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides a strategy that binds organizational culture and individual performance<\/li>\n<li>Serves as a tool to explicitly define technical roles within the context of the overall business and market<\/li>\n<li>Aligns individual performance with that of the organization, as well as with the industry within which it operates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An aptly tailored competency model that includes a set of technical skills for each role can prove to be the mechanism by which organizations link the specialized aspects of a particular job to the bottom line results desired by management. The outcome: a selection and recruitment process that is adapted to the evolution and goals of the organization, and a workforce that understands and works toward the same objectives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/workitect.com\/competency-workshop\/creating-technical-competencies-workshop\/\">Click here<\/a> to learn how technical competencies can help your HR team gain a competitive edge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Your Competitive Edge Depends On Your Employees\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21694\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.wwwebdesignstudios.com\/client05\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Competence-at-work-XXXX-e1562249765825.png\" alt=\"Workitect\" width=\"200\" height=\"63\" \/>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>The business of human resources is changing. 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