Federal agencies, especially the Defense Department and the armed service branches, are starting to realize that an employee can have more skills and be more valuable to the organization than their job description might imply. They’re developing new, data-driven approaches to better match employees with open positions based on a far wider range of skills and criteria than in the past. The hope is that this will improve hiring and performance, job satisfaction, and retention. After all, data has already revolutionized so many fields; why not talent management as well?

In this Expert Edition: Mission Effectiveness & Readiness, you’ll read how as the nature of work enters the information age, a diverse set of skills can be brought to bear in many jobs