{"id":85904,"date":"2024-10-14T19:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/employers-view-digital-credentials-positively-but-need-help-interpreting-and-integrating-them-in-hiring\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T19:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:40:07","slug":"employers-view-digital-credentials-positively-but-need-help-interpreting-and-integrating-them-in-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/employers-view-digital-credentials-positively-but-need-help-interpreting-and-integrating-them-in-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Employers View Digital Credentials Positively, but Need Help Interpreting and Integrating Them in Hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Learning and Employment Records, including digital credentials and skills profiles hold tremendous potential to aid hiring and talent management decisions, but employers want more clarity on interpreting and validating what these credentials indicate about a person\u2019s knowledge and skills, according to a new report by UpSkill America.<\/p>\n

More work is needed, too, to integrate them into employer hiring systems. Employers view digital credentials as a positive signal of a prospective or current employee\u2019s growth and self-improvement mindset, but few have implemented systematic ways to recognize and integrate digital credentials in the hiring process. They aren\u2019t sure what credentials indicate about knowledge and skill levels or how they validate specific competencies and job preparation. The lack of uniformity among digital credentials and skills profiles is also problematic and makes it hard for employers to evaluate their value, credibility and how they align with jobs.<\/p>\n

As one study participant said, digital credentials and skills profiles have the potential to create order in what is now a \u201ccomplex web of mess,\u201d while another said employers need a \u201cmagic decoder ring\u201d to know how to interpret these records.<\/p>\n

Digital credentials are electronic documents or badges that signify a person\u2019s qualifications, expertise and knowledge and achievements. A skills profile is a document that summarizes an individual\u2019s skills, knowledge and experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe employers we interviewed said they struggle with the broad variety of digital credentials available and don\u2019t know how to equate a specific credential to a specific skill set and then to a specific job,\u201d said Haley Glover, senior director at UpSkill America<\/a> and author of the report. \u201cThere are significant opportunities for Learning and Employment Record developers to build and adapt their tools and platforms to meet employers\u2019 needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

UpSkill America, an initiative of the Aspen Institute\u2019s<\/a> Economic Opportunities Program, conducted the qualitative study on behalf of Western Governors University<\/a>. WGU requested the study to inform its work on digital credentials and its Achievement Wallet, an in-development tech tool aimed at helping students catalog their existing skills and competencies and how they relate to careers of interest. The research was supported by a grant from the Gates Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At WGU, digital credentials, both standalone and embedded in degree programs, offer an avenue to fulfill its mission of providing multiple pathways to opportunity that change people’s lives for the better.<\/p>\n

\u201cWGU recognizes that employers need better information about how to make credentials a key component of the hiring process and we are working to provide clear, easy-to-use and easy-to-integrate information that our graduates can use to demonstrate to employers what they know and what they can do,\u201d said Courtney Hills McBeth, WGU\u2019s chief academic officer and provost.<\/p>\n

Glover interviewed representatives from 12 companies in March 2024. Participants represented a variety of roles, organizations and industries. All participants had some familiarity with skills-based concepts.<\/p>\n

The report includes numerous recommendations for providers of digital credentials and skills profiles on how to make these records more user-friendly for employers, from design features to integration with hiring systems, and what\u2019s needed to better verify and validate the competencies and skills gained.<\/p>\n

Read the full report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch Courtney Hills McBeth and Haley Glover discuss the report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Western Governors University<\/strong><\/p>\n

Western Governors University, the nation\u2019s leading nonprofit, online university, is transforming higher education to be more student-centric, affordable, accessible to all and relevant to the workforce. Established in 1997 by 19 visionary U.S. governors, WGU creates life-changing pathways to opportunity for those underserved by traditional institutions \u2014 working adults, historically underrepresented communities and a diverse, growing number of learners looking for a flexible, online model that better suits their life circumstances. WGU\u2019s competency-based education model allows students to demonstrate mastery as they progress through programs at their own pace.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, WGU operates in all 50 states and offers more than 80 programs in health, education, technology and business. Additionally, WGU provides individual courses and certificates for students preparing to pursue a degree. WGU currently serves more than 176,000 students nationwide, with more than 340,000 alumni, and has awarded more than 391,000 degrees. Learn more at wgu.edu<\/a>. Follow WGU on X at @wgu<\/a> and on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About UpSkill America<\/strong><\/p>\n

UpSkill America, an initiative of the Aspen Institute\u2019s Economic Opportunities Program, supports employers and workforce organizations to expand and improve high-quality educational and career advancement opportunities for America\u2019s frontline workers. We need to create a movement of employers, civic organizations, workforce intermediaries, and policymakers working collaboratively to implement education, training, and development strategies that result in better jobs and opportunities for frontline workers, more competitive businesses, and stronger communities. Learn more at upskillamerica.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Learning and Employment Records, including digital credentials and skills profiles hold tremendous potential to aid hiring and talent management decisions, but employers want more clarity on interpreting and validating what these credentials indicate about a person\u2019s knowledge and skills, according to a new report by UpSkill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/Resource\/Download\/481e7570-23aa-499c-855a-2cb954fb58a3","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[208],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-globenewswire"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}