Concentric Sky (makers of Badgr) and Emsi today announce the integration of Badgr and Emsi’s Open Skills Library.
Concentric Sky (makers of Badgr) and Emsi announce the integration of Badgr and Emsi’s Open Skills Library. Badgr is one of the world’s leading digital credentialing platforms, serving over 25,000 organizations in over 160 countries. Emsi is a market leader in the field of economic modeling and labor market insights. This new collaboration will directly connect the skills-aligned digital badges issued via Badgr with Emsi’s rich skills taxonomy and associated labor market data.
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“In order to have currency, a skill must have an independent definition,” said Wayne Skipper, Founder and CEO of Concentric Sky. “By combining the power of verifiable digital credentials with Emsi’s library of workforce skills, this new partnership will greatly simplify the work of organizations that seek to create stackable, skills-based training programs – as well as making it much easier for employers to understand the outcomes of such programs.”
A recent study estimated that over 300,000 digital credentials are being offered by organizations within the US alone. This trend has been accelerated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as organizations of all types look for ways to rapidly digitize their learning outcomes to better serve job seekers.
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Emsi’s Open Skills Library identifies nearly 30,000 skills from hundreds of millions of job postings, résumés, and professional profiles and is updated every two weeks. Each skill in the library has a public page that describes the skill, highlights related skills, and lists the top companies that include the skill in their job postings. This new integration makes it easy for Badgr users to design micro-credential programs that focus on portable, workforce-relevant skills and directly connect learners to job opportunities that require those skills.
Luke Jankovic, Emsi’s EVP for higher education, noted, “We have opened our skills library up as a small contribution to a shared vision for a learning and employment system that works better for individuals, institutions, and employers. This partnership is a great step in making that vision a reality and we couldn’t be happier about it.”
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