Skills Series Whitepapers

Let’s Not Cheat Each Other

Candidates and Recruiters in Early Talent Selection.

Edition 9 in 2024 Skills Series: Which Skills for your Skills Framework

Edition 9 gives practical hints and tips for building that critical skills framework.

Edition 8 in 2024 Skills Series: The Scientific Origins of Skills and Strengths

Edition 8 is our Origin paper, showcasing origin of Cappfinity’s market leading skills taxonomy and strengths methodology. 

Edition 7 in 2024 Skills Series: The Skills of a CPO

Edition 7 is our Skills of a CPO paper, showcasing the trends in the skills held by CPOs. 

Edition 6 in 2024 Skills Series: Why Strengths?

Edition 6 is our Why Strengths? paper, showcasing the benefits of those skills that are strengths. 

Edition 5 in 2024 Skills Series: Taking Early Careers Global 

Edition 5 is the Taking Early Careers Global: Global Employers’ Insights Survey, published for the International Network of Employers and…

Edition 4 in 2024 Skills Series: Unlock your Students' Potential

Edition 4 is published by our Strengths Profile team for the Education sector and gives 40 amazing tips for better…

Edition 3 in 2024 Skills Series: Unlock your People's Potential

Edition 3 is published by our Strengths Profile team and gives 40 amazing tips for better leveraging the strengths of…

Edition 2 in 2024 Skills Series: Global Trends in Leadership Skills

Edition 2 is published by our Leadership Practice and shares our 2023 leadership skills data. 

The Cappfinity Guide to Skills: Launch Edition in 2024 Skills Series 

Our guide to skills including our view of the skills movement, our skills taxonomy and tips for rolling skills based…

ChatGPT and Talent Assessment: The Cappfinity Multi-Layer Defence for Cheating Prevention, Deterrence, and Detection

ChatGPT and other generative AI are creating a lot of noise, but well-established best practice in talent assessment means that…

Transformational Leadership

Today, many of the leadership models used by talent consultancies or search firms are over a decade old, unchanged for…

Global Trends in Leadership Skills

How are leaders in global organizations reacting to the fast-paced changes and challenges they face? Does the environment affect the…

The Building Blocks for Gen Z Job Success

In 2022, the Institute for Student Employers joined with Cappfinity to better understand the skills and strengths graduate employers want…

Pinsent Masons Case Study

Pinsent Masons is a multinational law firm with a reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice.  With globally recognized expertize and…

UNDP Case Study

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is known for its forward-thinking ethos for sustainable development, democratic governance and peacebuilding, and…

A Candidate-Driven Job Market: Insights for Hiring Gen Z to Millennials

Research conducted for The Wall Street Journal In early 2022, a survey was conducted by Cappfinity and YouGov on behalf…

The Great Realignment - Towards a strengths and purpose-based future

Much has been said about ‘The Great Resignation’ – but is this even the right frame or issue to tackle…

Lessons from the Pandemic for Early Career Recruiting

80+ interviews with global talent leaders to uncover lessons for early careers leaders. As businesses begin to emerge from crisis…

2021 Future Focus for Student Hiring

Learning the lessons from 2020 to start strong in 2021 In a year dominated by turmoil and transformation, we set…