6.
Hidden or unrecognised employee skills
Employees possess useful competences that are not formally recognised, visible or portable within the organisation.
STRATEGIC DIAGNOSTIC QUESTION
Are employee skills formally recognised and portable?
Assesses whether existing systems capture, validate and make use of employees’ full competence profiles.
RECOMMENDATION
Recognition systems work
The organisation already has effective mechanisms for recognising and using employee competences.
RECOMMENDATION
Use VPL and micro-credentials
Implement validation of prior learning and micro-credential approaches to make skills visible and portable.
Employer Role
- Recruit and promote based on competences rather than credentials alone
Use competence-based HR practices rather than relying only on formal credentials. Recognition of prior learning improves internal mobility and talent utilisation.
Employer Benefit
- Improved internal mobility
- Greater visibility of workforce skills
Validation of prior learning tools, skills passports and micro-credentials document competences acquired formally and informally.
EXAMPLE TYPE
Competence-based internal mobility model
Employers use validation of prior learning and micro-credentials to recognise existing employee skills and support internal mobility, promotion, and redeployment decisions.