This interesting article on the learnings of NESTA (the UK agency for 'social good) on Singapore's Skills Framework developed by their Skills Future organisation - via Soon Gog Joo's post on LinkedIn.
The article summarises well, the challenges posed by rapid shifts in how work is constituted, requiring workers to respond to these changes in the job market. The article rationalises the need for skills framworks; defines what skills frameworks as "description of skills, knowledge and competencies required in different jobs"; and most importantly, lays out the application of skills frameworks to:
- support career transitions
- find gaps in career ladders
- measure skill transferability
There are good graphics in the article to help explain the concepts introduced and discussed.
In short, it provides a opportunity for workers, beyond just the normal descriptions of what is required to do work in an occupation (e.g. the information on Careers NZ) towards helping workers to work out how to shift between occupations. What are the common skills and synergies between occupations and where are the gaps to be plugged to enable a shift / change in career path or to move up the career ladder.
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