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Skills-based talent management is no longer a great idea in theory but an overwhelming challenge in practice, according to an HR tech specialist.

For many years, a skills-based approach to talent has proved an "elusive" goal, says Yvette Cameron, a globally recognised voice in the future-of-work space who leads Oracle's HCM product strategy.

A challenge, until now, was the fact that many organisations had multiple disconnected solutions in place, and no common skills language.

"Maybe you've got a skills-based recruiting system, but it's separate from the skills language and insights that's driving your learning, or your performance, or your internal mobility, or your compensation structures, or your long-term planning," Cameron explains...