Use skills mapping and assessment to articulate individuals' entire skillsets from formal and informal experiences¶

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Description¶

As a skills-first alternative to traditional talent development, the report describes career navigation that "utilizes skills mapping and assessment, where a large emphasis is placed on identifying, understanding, and articulating an individual's entire skillset (including technical, essential, and transferable skills) that may be gained from a variety of experiences (formal and informal)." It contrasts this with traditional practices that rely primarily on past job titles and formal degrees, and pairs it with skills-based job matching that allows flexible pathways across industries or roles.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Digital tools such as digital wallets and ePortfolios to create adaptable, sharable, and verifiable skill profiles; staff and client access to relevant technologies

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• workers and jobseekers with skills acquired outside traditional academic routes (e.g., on-the-job experience, military service, gig work, caregiving)

Target Learning Goals¶

• identifying, communicating, and demonstrating skills; skills-based career planning and job matching

Affordances¶

• Skills First Ecosystem Framework

Related Strategies¶

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Key Sources¶

• Carter, B., & Jacobs, B. (2025, July). Understanding, valuing, and utilizing skills-first practices as an organization supporting frontline workers and jobseekers. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/256