Internal Mobility

MULTIPLE PATHWAYS INITATIVE

Nearly 80 Business Roundtable member companies are participating in the Multiple Pathways Initiative, a multi-year targeted effort to reform companies’ hiring and talent management practices to emphasize the value of skills, rather than just degrees, and to improve equity, diversity and workplace culture. The corporate initiative supports efforts to address inequity in employment practices, including how people are hired and how they advance; and it will work toward eliminating unintentional bias that may prove to be a barrier to hiring and advancement.

WORKING GROUPS

Leaders including chief human resource officers of some of America’s largest employers have been working together with experts to catalogue best practices and develop resources for companies focused on core components of skills-based talent strategies—innovation, talent acquisition, internal mobility and measurement. Explore this work:

The Multiple Pathways Initiative Internal Mobility Working Group focused on identifying best practices and supporting companies in the implementation of skills-based promotion practices.

Many organizations think they are implementing skills-based practices but haven’t built the shared language, culture, structures and technology systems needed to support it. Amid the current war for talent and the rapidly shifting future of work, skills-based mobility practices can make companies more competitive and nimble.

Skills-based internal mobility refers to the strategic development and use of skills to advance employees within an organization both laterally and vertically. The Business Roundtable Multiple Pathways Initiative , comprised of VP and C-suite HR leaders, came together to articulate the value of taking a skills-based approach to talent management. Some benefits of skills-based mobility include:

Companies

Increased retention and reduced hiring, onboarding and training costs.
Increased innovation and business agility due to retention of company knowledge.
Increased employee engagement and satisfaction.
Greater alignment between corporate strategy and talent management.

Employees

Increased opportunities for advancement, especially for those who face barriers to formal credentials.
The ability to see and access clearer career paths.
Validation of skills acquired through informal methods, including lived experiences.

Internal Mobility Resources

View the Skills-Based Internal Mobility Executive Summary and Full Playbook

Executive Summary

Mobility Playbook

Company Success Stories

Companies are implementing new recruitment and assessment strategies to better recognize and evaluate skills of all job seekers, identifying upward career paths for employees who acquire new skills along their career journey, and developing training programs to help employees gain different skills needed to advance. Explore how companies are engaging in this work: