Skills audits: an integrative literature review

Purpose Skills audits represent an important vehicle for analysing and monitoring skills coverage across organisations nations identifying gaps mismatches that exist. In so doing, they provide valuable data on the competitive positioning of help determine priorities investment. The purpose this paper is to examine use prevalence improve individual, organisational societal outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Following guidance Torraco (2016), takes form integrative literature review. authors conducted a series keyword searches using databases such as Google Scholar, ABI Inform, Science Direct Emerald. Title word used terms: “skills audit”, analysis”, inventory”, mapping” reviewed articles were published between period: 1990 2020. Findings remain useful tool assess skill attainment progression university college programmes, giving individuals better understanding their particular strengths allowing them develop realistic career plans goals. From perspective, add value where are strategically linked job design, recruitment training initiatives. They also in helping identify shortages, particularly if relate outages future growth areas. Finally, can sustain counselling, but need flexible categorising relation gig economy remote working. Originality/value topic remains under-researched human resource development literature. To date, limited studies have been carried out examining effectiveness. This sheds light worthy exploration field.