Dr. Steve Safier and Josh Bellis’ Integrated Talent Management class were privileged to host guest speaker, Noah Rabinowitz, Chief Learning Officer and Vice President of Human Resources at Intel. During his 25+ year career in the learning and development space, Noah has led many organizations through complex learning and development transformation efforts. At Intel he is currently focused on a multitude of efforts to support Intel’s computer and data center business around the world, including leadership and pipeline development, manager development, upskilling and reskilling.
Noah shared with us his team’s strategic work focused on developing culture and capability within Intel. This mission is now even more important due to “The Great Resignation,” the demand for hardware and software development and the competition for talent across multiple industries and well-known companies. As Noah highlighted, Learning and Development is a critical part of an organization’s Employer Value Proposition and at Intel it functions like a university, with a philosophy that centers around varying the modes of instruction via learning experience design. It is also centers around an extensive “job architecture,” which forms the basis of Intel’s skill development initiatives, and which includes core skills, level-related skills and specific job skills.
Noah identified a mix of the most popular or in-demand hard and soft skills currently at Intel:
1.) Python
2) Github
3.) Database architecture
4.) C++
5.) Problem Solving
6.) Communications
7.) Effective meetings
8.) Decision making systems
We asked Noah for career advice and he shared with us what Intel looks for in its people. Overall, Noah counseled us to be strong in a primary area of work, a “major,” and to combine this strength with capabilities across a number of other dimensions. The first area is leadership, with the expectation that one can inspire people to perform. Intel believes that this is critical for all leaders, technical and non-technical; even for individual contributors, Intel expects people to exhibit these behaviors in projects they manage and in the groups they work.
Other expectations at Intel include a track record of success, together with the ability to communicate what one has delivered. This, combined with leadership abilities and the focus on growing one’s skills and capabilities, will lead to portfolio development and career growth.
Thank you, Noah, for a richly informative and inspirational talk!
