Learning and Employment Records and the Transition to a Skills Based Economy
The transition to a skills-based economy is well underway. In this new-economy employers, government, and educational institutions place a premium on understanding the skills people bring with them to the job. These skills are the currency of the future and are increasingly used to drive decisions around employment, work assignments, and career pathways. In addition, it will open the aperture to new and different talent allowing organizations to improve diversity and inclusion in their workforce. This transition will impact the way we recruit and manage talent, and will be powered by new technologies. We will discuss the cultural changes required to embrace skills-based hiring, the enabling technologies of blockchain and artificial intelligence, and lessons learned from IBM and other employers on how to be successful in embracing the promise of skills-based hiring.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand why skills-based hiring is important for talent professionals.
- Learn about the enabling technologies of blockchain, artificial intelligence, and learning and employment records.
- Gain insight to the best practices and lessons learned from companies that are making the journey to skills-based hiring and the benefits they are seeing.
Richard Birk Goldgar
Dr. Rick Goldgar, Ph.D. is the IBM Associate Partner for Digital Credentials in the IBM Talent Transformation Service Line. He was responsible for the original architecture of what is now the IBM Digital Credentials product and currently leads efforts for the Learning and Employment Records (LER) marketplace. He is also instrumental in the worldwide credentials market business planning, client relationships, partnerships and supports business and financial modeling. Dr. Goldgar participates in education credential efforts with numerous organizations, including IEEE and the Ed. 3.0 efforts.
Dr. Goldgar has been with IBM more than nine years, previously working in IBM Watson Research, Watson Education and in the IBM Center of Competency. He has supported numerous key education initiatives at IBM in both k-12 and higher education and has worked directly with clients worldwide.
Dr. Goldgar was formerly the CIO and CTO at the Texas Education Agency, a $27B state agency responsible or over 1200 K12 districts, over 6M students and over 500,000 teachers in public and charter schools. In this role he was responsible for operations, contracts, innovation in the IT department. Dr. Goldgar built and managed award-winning organization of over 200 staff, over 80 applications, with a $45M budget for functions including project management, operations, security and data systems. Mr. Goldgar is considered the Father of Texas Student Data System (TSDS), a state-wide data warehouse and reporting system for all schools.