hire
standards

For

more equitable skills-based hiring
More access to talent
increased
advancement
through
training
increased
advancement
through
training

colorado education work lab

The C-Lab provides the whole state of Colorado with a unified but decentralized ecosystem for innovation, pilots, research, and collaboration for the future of education and work.

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The C-Lab will incubate and launch a statewide Colorado Learning Ledger and Skills Graph then publish a report for other states to implement similar 21st century education and workplace infrastructures.

The Skills Shift

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Learners and earners already face inequitable outcomes due to incompatible education and employment systems. When resumes, syllabi, and job descriptions are misaligned, it's hard to know what job seekers have, educators provide, and employers need.

A massive shift in the demand for skills is upon us. Half of all employees will need to learn new skills by 2025 as demand moves from physical and cognitive to technical and social/emotional. We need equitable, interoperable systems built to inform and empower the individual.

Studies of job descriptions show that technology is increasing the pace of change at an accelerating rate across industries. The status quo won’t suffice. We need Hire Standards!

Open Data Standards
for Hiring & Advancement

A commitment to open standards can dramatically improve how learners, workers and job seekers, collaborate and communicate.

Guiding Principles
Open Standards
Benefits

the benefits

Employers are well-positioned to influence the economic mobility of their current and future employees with a commitment to open standards.

This commitment can lead to HR innovation, better prepared training partners, and influence public policy by recommending infrastructure that prioritizes workers’ needs.

1

Analyze & Plan

  • Data-rich insights

  • Cost reductions

  • Limit vendor lock-in

  • Skills-based hiring

2

Communicate
Opportunities

  • Increase talent diversity

  • Limit reliance on data entry

  • Better talent matching

  • More qualified candidates

3

Acquire Talent

  • Bias reduction

  • Improved performance

  • Greater engagement

  • Greater retention

4

Train, Develop, & Document Skills

  • Mobility and advancement

  • Ease of transition

  • Upskilling

  • Reskilling

Individuals will be able to:

  • Translate their proven abilities to new roles through portable records

  • Access details about increasingly dynamic hiring requirements

  • Discover and choose pathways towards advancement

  • Get intelligent recommendations for relevant opportunities

  • Experience a more equitable hiring process

  • Feel rewarded for learning new skills

7

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We will advocate for and support historically marginalized groups, address individual and cultural bias, and work to dissolve structural barriers through civil discourse and the creative and humane use of technology.

8

Data Dignity

We will develop, adopt, and promote technologies and data practices that place people over profits so the IoE becomes a public good that puts humans and their data first.

9

Agency & Access Control

We will ensure that all learner records are accessible and/or controlled by the individual (or their guardian) and that all identity systems are transparent and aim to preserve privacy and data agency.

10

Lifelong Learning

We will recognize and support ALL educational experiences that result in positive human development and acknowledge that learning begins at birth and continues throughout the lifetime of everyone on earth.

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Publishing these principles will stand not as prescriptive but as the beginning of a dialogue and debate to help influence and shape version two.

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What are Open Data Standards?

OPENLY-LICENSED AND FREE OR LOW-COST

CONSISTENT AND INTEROPERABLE ACROSS APPLICATIONS

ENABLERS OF INTER/INTRA-ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION

TOOLS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO OWN/CONTROL THEIR PERSONAL DATA

PARTICIPATORY, DEMOCRATIZING, AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN

The Comic

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state Implementation Report & Roadmap

Follow Mooncat, the City Commissioner, and Lan Man as they hire, upskill, and advance their city-saving superheroes with the power of open standards!

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The Playbook

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state Implementation Report & Roadmap

A tactical and practical approach for using open standards to improve hiring and advancement for learners, workers, and job seekers.

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Open Data Standards
Communities

These communities spearhead the development and governance of the open data infrastructure, for education, workforce, and the internet at large.

This work is made possible though the generous support of

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