For going on a decade and a half, much has been made of the chronic shortage of workers. Month after month, US employers post millions of jobs while millions of Americans are actively seeking them—and yet those positions remain unfilled. The...
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Skills-based hiring: Opening the doors to a stronger government workforce
What might a former bartender, factory worker, and arcade technician have in common? They all work for the government in cybersecurity roles.
While that may not be many people’s first guess, it reflects a growing reality. Today, more...
Stackable Credentials: Making College Work for More Students
Lindsay Daugherty had seen too many college programs overpromise and underdeliver for low-income students. She had no reason to think a strategy known as stacking would be any different. Then she saw the data.
Colleges across the United States...
A Stronger Nation: New Federal Data Show More Adults Earning College Degrees
NDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumina Foundation released the annual Stronger Nation report, highlighting results in its online data visualization tool for tracking working-age adults with degrees and other credentials of value.
The...
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 systems to...
Issue 03: Employer Engagement
Alabama’s Talent Marketplace: Technology and Data Tools for the People of Alabama
The Talent Triad is a public-private partnership, sponsored by the Governor’s Office of Education and Workforce Transformation, to increase the number of...
Issue 04: The Role of Credential Data
Transparency, Quality, and Functionality: The Role of Credential 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 the U.S. In response...
Issue 05: State Role and Governance
State Role in Facilitating the Transition to a Skills-Based Economy
State governments have a critical responsibility in facilitating the transition of public infrastructure, built on advanced technology, to drive the economy by supporting the...
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 competency system designed to both describe the competencies gained by individual learners and verified by...