Jul 30, 2025   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Bellevue Workforce Skills Academy Makes Assessment Tool Available to Employers So They Can Build Their Talent Pipelines

Bellevue University, one of America’s top online universities, today announced the addition of a new product offering – its Workforce Skills Assessment – to help employers identify opportunities to develop effective employees, managers, and leaders.

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Bellevue University's Workforce Skills Assessment helps employers identify opportunities to develop effective employees, managers, and leaders. The free online assessment identifies skills that are critical to individuals, managers, and leaders and bundles them into a validated competency model that employers can easily deploy in their own organizations.

Bellevue University's Workforce Skills Assessment helps employers identify opportunities to develop effective employees, managers, and leaders. The free online assessment identifies skills that are critical to individuals, managers, and leaders and bundles them into a validated competency model that employers can easily deploy in their own organizations.

The assessment identifies 17 skills that are critical to individuals, managers, and leaders and bundles them into a validated competency model that employers can easily deploy in their own organizations.

“The model helps organizations establish a shared understanding of what it needs from its workforce to stay competitive,” said Dr. Rich Lombardo, Vice President of Bellevue’s Workforce Skills Academy. “The individual results give employees the information they need to move from managing themselves, to managing others, to leading others.” He added that the online assessment can be used free of charge by companies of all sizes, in any industry.

Research done by McKinsey & Company in 2023 highlights the importance of building a robust talent pipeline in the midst of a turbulent labor market. According to “The State of Organizations 2023,” companies that successfully develop people and manage them well gain a long-term performance edge in outcomes spanning revenue, talent attrition and economic profit.

“The Workforce Skills Assessment instrument is a diagnostic tool designed to identify real-world leadership skills. Employers can use the results to focus on performance and growth goals,” said Dr. Mary Hawkins, President of Bellevue University.

Every employee participant who takes the online assessment receives a detailed report highlighting their key strengths and their opportunities for growth. Team leads and managers also have access to aggregate reporting at the unit level.

For more information about the Workforce Skills Assessment, visit https://partners.bellevue.edu/workforce-skills-assessment/

About Bellevue University’s Workforce Skills Academy

Through the Workforce Skills Academy, Bellevue University empowers organizations to transform their workforce with innovative employee growth strategies, consultation and assessment support, custom funding solutions and industry-relevant offerings.

The Workforce Skills Academy is rooted in Bellevue University, a non-profit university founded in 1966 that today has more than 70,000 graduates worldwide. The University is a recognized national leader in preparing students for lifelong success with career-relevant knowledge and skills, while making college affordable. Routinely ranked among the nation’s top military and accessible institutions, the University serves residential students at its main campus in Bellevue, Nebraska, and everywhere online with more than 85 degree programs uniquely designed for working adults. The University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org).