{"id":3802,"date":"2024-10-25T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:11:39","slug":"skills-ecosystem-skills-current-publication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/skills-ecosystem-skills-current-publication\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills Current: discussing the skills ecosystem and skills-based hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3802\" class=\"elementor elementor-3802\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58af4d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58af4d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2aaf6c36\" data-id=\"2aaf6c36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a961ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74a961ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ardcairn<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62696417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62696417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Skills Current: discussing the skills ecosystem and skills-based hiring<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12cfedd5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12cfedd5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56fdece6\" data-id=\"56fdece6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c11e80e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c11e80e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color\">\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ardcairn.substack.com\/\">Skills Current<\/a> is Ardcairn&#8217;s Substack publication.<\/p><p>We discuss the skills ecosystem from the perspective of job seekers, employers and society. Posts cover topics such as: skills-based hiring and advancement; stealth skilling; tools and tech for skills discovery and skills visibility; and inspiration for building skills confidence and skills currency.<\/p><p>Skills Current\u2019s readers use our posts and tools to enhance skills <i>discovery<\/i><i>,<\/i> to discover skills, to discover what inspires and motivates, and to discover the best person for the job. We base our posts around Ardcairn\u2019s frameworks, such as our Skills Visibility Framework, and our Skills-Based Hiring and Advancement (SBHA) 7 Stage Model. These provide practical tips for developing nuanced skills data, enabling insights and empowering greater productivity and retention.<\/p><p>We invite workforce leaders and recruiters to gain inspiration from Skills Current posts to:<\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\">Make better hiring and deployment decisions<\/li><li>Enhance productivity and retention<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">Improve insights to the skills available within your organisation, understand skills needs and gaps to improve skills pipeline<\/li><\/ul><p>We invite individuals to gain inspiration from Skills Current posts to:<\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\">Clarify the career path you <i>really<\/i> want to take<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">Re-evaluate the value you can contribute within an increasingly AI-driven workplace<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">Prove to yourself why you can make the move to a career you\u2019d love<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color bb-elementor-custom-family bb-elementor-custom-size bb-elementor-custom-line-height\">\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Skills visibility<br \/>Building skills currency<br \/>Skills-based hiring &amp; advancement<br \/>Skills rediscovery<br \/>Skills discoverability<br \/>Microcredentials<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Frameworks<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Case studies <br \/><\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Research<\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Revealing and releasing Trapped &amp; Untapped Skills (TUS)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40417109 elementor-section-boxed 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class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFree\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tskills ecosystem posts\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7020ee14\" data-id=\"7020ee14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d76255d elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"2d76255d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element-fe5a0cb\" data-id=\"fe5a0cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeffb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aeffb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ardcairn-testimonial-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2531\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ardcairn-testimonial-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ardcairn-testimonial-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ardcairn-testimonial.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-133e763\" data-id=\"133e763\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b88585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b88585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Excellent post from Grainne Hamilton about Cities Of Learning as a &#8220;place-based approach to connecting skills to learning&#8221;, with a rabbit warren of links about digital badges, openbadges to encourage and track the learning and recognition. I particularly liked the notion of having both interest-driven (i.e. activation of passion) and destination-driven (i.e. get a job) pathways. ALL the focus groups wanted both \u2014 life is not binary, nor should learning be.&#8221; <br \/>(Comment on <em>Connecting Skills to Opportunities with Cities of Learning<\/em> <br \/>post shared to LinkedIn 2024)<br \/><strong>Don Presant<\/strong><br \/><strong>President, Learning Agents, CanCred<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb4f256 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb4f256\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b6c241\" data-id=\"9b6c241\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7b6ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7b6ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ardcairn-testimonial-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2531\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ardcairn-testimonial-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ardcairn-testimonial-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ardcairn-testimonial.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7555671\" data-id=\"7555671\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3764496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3764496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Agree Grainne! Thanks for sharing. Following and loving your work.&#8221;<br \/>(Comment on <em>Skills Visibility<\/em> post shared to LinkedIn 2024)<br \/><strong>Lisa Pattoni<\/strong><br \/><strong>Service Development Manager, Skills Development Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4aea002c animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4aea002c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-16c9482a\" data-id=\"16c9482a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b5ff0d animated-slow elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28b5ff0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:600}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color bb-elementor-custom-family bb-elementor-custom-size bb-elementor-mobile-custom-size bb-elementor-custom-line-height\">\t\t\t\t<p>Build skills currency with tools to your inbox.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-27a8eae5\" data-id=\"27a8eae5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28229a04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"28229a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ardcairn.substack.com\/embed\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" style=\"border:1px solid #EEE; background:white;\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ardcairn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,11,19,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses","category-on-demand","category-ourwork","category-publications","category-skillsvis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3802"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4598,"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions\/4598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}