OECD: skills-first hiring is becoming structural, not experimental
The OECD's follow-up report argues skills-first approaches to hiring, talent management, and development are moving from pilot to necessity for labor market functioning and productivity, while flagging persistent barriers: uneven digital access, weak skills-validation infrastructure, and employer distrust of non-traditional credentials.
The barriers named here are the same ones that stall most skills-based transformation efforts internally — credentialing trust and validation infrastructure, not employee willingness, are the binding constraint.
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