2: Credentialing and Competency as Currency with Guest Katie Hall Ready for Work

Tune in to see the impact that credentials have on education and workforce and economic development. Learn how The Competency Project is on a mission to use underlying competency as currency in education and in the labor market. The episode provides tools that can be used to level the playing field, make better use of workforce data, and make one-to-one comparisons.

Credentials are a way for individuals to communicate technical expertise. In this episode, we sit down with Katie Hall, director of The Competency Project at the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, to talk about all things credentialing. She provides commentary around the instruments used to signify industry-validated expertise – from the current state of competencies to the challenges faced by all stakeholders in workforce and education today. Looking back at the purpose and history of these credentials helps point toward a transparent and competency-based solution for the future.

The challenges of credentialing are felt by everyone involved in workforce development. Because so many credentials exist across a wide range of industries, it’s difficult to understand what they all mean. Consider the fact that there is little or no credentialing consistency across industries, or even within industries, as well as across geographies. Using competencies as the new currency for workforce and economic development and education can help level the playing field while creating consistency across sectors and domains.