We first had to lay a foundation to meet the needs of a demand, skill and competency-based learning and talent-development ecosystem. Now we can start identifying in-demand jobs and connecting people with the opportunities they need.
Nick Moore, Director of the Governor’s Office of Education and Workforce Transformation
Alabama's Talent Triad
The Alabama Talent Triad is the nation’s first full scale talent marketplace, aligning education to workforce.
The Talent Triad is maintained by the Alabama Department of Workforce.
It is publicly available; and includes an integrated Learning and Employment Record, Credential Registry, and Skills-Based Job Description generator. The Alabama Talent Triad utilizes artificial intelligence to enable students and jobseekers, employers, and education and training providers to transform, transcribe, and transact earned learning assertions, job descriptions, and degree and non-degree credentials into discrete competency statements curated into interoperable individual records of achievement and learning and employment recommendations.
Skill-Based Job Generator
Employers can align their job descriptions with trusted and valued education and training programs, credentials, skills, competencies, and experiences; as well as offer real-time feedback to education and training partners about what skills, competencies, credentials, and experiences are most need to fill in-demand job roles. Employers will also be matched with recommended candidates.
Digital Wallet + LER
Learners and earners can manage their validated and self-attested skills, competencies, credentials, and experiences from grade 8 through retirement, while also receiving upskilling, work-based learning, and job recommendations. Jobseekers can turn their LERs into a digital resume and apply to recommended jobs. Start capturing the skills, credentials, and experiences that will make you stand out to employers no matter your career or college pathway. Digital wallets and LERs are valuable for high school students, college students, apprenticeships, the skilled trades, adult learners, military service members, and veterans.
Credential Registry
Education and training providers submit your degree and non-degree programs, credentials, and work-based learning opportunities to issue validated skills, competencies, credentials and experiences to your students to help them launch and accelerate their careers. Submission of programs through the Alabama Credential Registry also supports the state legislated compendium of valuable credentials review process, as well as support other funding opportunities like Workforce Pell.
State Leaders
Supporting a unified and aligned talent marketplace benefits everyone. Jobs roles and technologies are changing at an unprecedented rate, and ensuring education is aligned to the needs of employers and your in-demand and growth industries equals a more robust and relevant talent pipeline, as well as a strong economy.
The Talent Triad has been established to support job seekers in their efforts to find the most advantageous employment, as well as help employers fill in-demand jobs. By bringing together employers & industry partners, education & training providers, and policymakers, Alabama has established the technical infrastructure to enable the first statewide unified talent marketplace.
In support of growing a skills-based economy beyond its borders, Alabama and its partners will be publishing play-by-play issue papers on the key elements of the Talent Triad here. Topics will include interoperability, the role of policy makers, employer engagement, the role of credential data and use of LERs, funding efforts, competency ontologies, and more.
We invite you to connect with the Alabama Talent Triad team to explore how this work can support transformation in your state and find opportunities to collaborate. We stand ready to find connections to your current efforts and are open to sharing as much as possible so that together we can achieve more for our citizens.
Reach out to us to learn more:
Talent Playbook
Issue 01: Building a Talent Marketplace - A Playbook for States
Building a Talent Marketplace - A Playbook for States
Alabama’s Talent Triad is a unique system, bringing together often disparate efforts to create value and impact for the state’s workforce and economy. Driven by Alabama’s Governor’s Office and...
Issue 02: Interoperability
Interoperability:
Scaling Statewide Talent Development Systems: the Alabama Model
No workforce or education digital tool that seeks to facilitate mobility can succeed if it operates in isolation. Interoperability, the ability of data...
Issue 03: Employer Engagement
Alabama’s Talent Marketplace: An Industry-Driven Strategy
The Talent Triad is a public-private partnership, now sponsored by the Alabama Department of Workforce, to increase the number of credentialed Alabamians, address industry needs, and...
Issue 04: The Role of Credential Data
Transparency, Quality, and Functionality: The Role of Program, Credential, and Skills Data in the Alabama Talent Triad
Over the last few decades, the economy has been undergoing transformation that requires more skilled labor than ever before in...
Issue 05: State Role and Governance
State Role in Facilitating an Industry-Aligned Workforce Ecosystem
State governments have a critical responsibility to facilitate the transition of public infrastructure, built on innovative technologies and responsible AI, to drive the economy by...
Issue 06: Competency Ontology
The movement to create digital wallets and records of credentials is significant.
However, only the Alabama Talent Triad has created a unified system designed to support emerging technologies and real-life scenarios; both degree and skilled trades...
Join the Skill-Based Economy
We connect citizens across the state with local employment and training opportunities through its seven regional initiatives. The workforce development system helps state residents acquire the skills, training, and services they need to pursue in-demand jobs.
