SkillsAware Podcast

In the second webinar of the series 'Capturing Skills Visibility in Your Industry' titled 'Mining  - Safety Competence in a Demographic Crisis', our presenters, Yasmin King and Margo Griffith, demonstrated how to mitigate knowledge transfer crisis by identifying internal technical gaps and verifying safety competence through auditable evidence, moving your operations from paper...

How well do you actually know your workforce? In this episode of the Asia Tech Podcast, host Michael Waitze sits down with Mark Keough, Co-founder and Executive Director of SkillsAware, to discuss how evidence-based skills intelligence is changing the game for modern organisations. In a fast-paced, project-driven world, traditional resumes only tell a fraction of a person's story. SkillsAware...

In the first webinar of the series 'Capturing Skills Visibility in Your Industry' titled 'Construction - Moving Beyond the Trade Shortage Illusion', our presenters, Yasmin King and Dr. Mark Keough, showcased how to solve skilled tradespeople shortages by capturing and verifying the invisible 80% of skills gained through years of on-site experience. Dr. Mark Keough presented a d...

Dan McFadyen, Yasmin King and Dr Mark Keough, Co-Founders of SkillsAware, reflect on the past year of growth and innovation at SkillsAware, exploring how the platform is transforming skills recognition through evidence-based assessment, digital credentials and human-centred design. The discussion highlights SkillsAware’s impact across industries including construction, vocational education and hig...

This webinar explores the "wicked problem" of skills visibility, focusing on how validated, skills-first ecosystems empower learners and earners. Panelists from Education Design Lab and SkillsAware/Edalex discuss the XCredit project and SkillsAware platform powered by Edalex technology, highlighting how technology and human-centred design can turn lived experience into verified currency...

In the sixth webinar of this series, Deb Carr joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss skills recognition and reform, in particular key discussion points: - What is the value of skills recognition? - How do we recognise similar skills between different competencies? - What improvements could we make? 👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/skills-and-standards-webinar-series/ About Skil...

In the third webinar of the Skills & Standards Webinar series,  Deb Carr joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss the basics of skills literacy, including: - What if I have a skill in one context – e.g. communications in customer service? - And is it transferable – for example, in a Health Care context? - What does having a skill really mean? 👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/...

In the fourth webinar of this series, Margo Griffith joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss the skills visibility, including: What would it be like if an organisation could see all the skills its employees have and can deploy? What would be the impact on productivity? And in the University context, how are students’ skills identified and recognised to enhance their employment outcomes? 👉 Watch the ful...

In the fifth webinar of this series, Dr. Jon Mason joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss skills standards. The webinar explored skills recognition and reform, unpacking why metadata standards matter, focusing on: - The importance of metadata standards - The interoperability between systems and why this really matters - The National Skills Taxonomy and Skills Lists  - Data being all about content. 👉 W...

In this webinar, SkillsAware Co-Founders Yasmin King and Dr. Mark Keough presented the webinar “Empower Your Students for National Skills Week: Discover the Power of Pre-Identified Skills with SkillsAware.” They detailed how SkillsAware is revolutionising skills recognition, emphasised the importance of skills literacy, and much more! 👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/webin...

In the first webinar of the Skills & Standards Webinar series, Yasmin King joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss the basics of skills literacy, including: What does skills literacy mean? Why do people have difficulty understanding and defining their own skills? How can skills literacy lead to better career outcomes? 👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/skills-and-standards-web...

In the second episode of the Skills & Standards Webinar series, Wendy Palmer, Director of Lifelong Learning Practice, joined Dr. Mark Keough to discuss the essentials of skills and attributes, including: What is the difference between skills definitions and the attributes attached to them? What does it mean to be good, better, or best? 👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/events/...

In this session, Dr Mark Keough, Yasmin King, and Dan McFadyen, Co-Founders of SkillsAware explore why making skills and evidence visible, meaningful, and actionable is critical for today's learners. Discover how the learning and employability ecosystem is evolving toward evidence-backed credentials and the role of rich skills data in empowering diverse learner pathways. This conversation hig...