What Is A Skills Taxonomy Anyway? Understanding The Market For SkillsTech

Business and HR leaders are going through a frenzied focus on skills. As the job market gets competitive and employees come back to new jobs, every company wants to upskill or reskill its people. For vendors, it’s a red hot marketplace. Vendors from LinkedIn and Microsoft to Coursera, Udemy, Degreed, Cornerstone, and Workday are investing here, and massive investments are coming from SAP, SkillSoft and many more. What is a “skills taxonomy” anyway and what should companies do? Is this just a market of buying lots of training or is there a whole new way? In this podcast I explain what #skillstech is all about and what companies can do to leverage this innovative new domain. Read more about The War for Skills Clouds.