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This is a BIG deal.

We've partnered with America Succeeds to make the Pathsmith Durable Skills™ Framework the durable skills backbone of the LER.me Talent Marketplace.

Every day, learners enter the workforce with real skills that employers want and have no verifiable way to show them. Institutions are building those skills. Employers are asking for them. The infrastructure to connect the two just didn't exist.

And now it does.

Pathsmith™ brings 10 skill domains, 74 individual skills, and 4 proficiency levels grounded in analysis of 80M+ job postings can now flow directly into the credential, matching, and recommendation layer of LER.me.

Every credential issued on the platform. Every match made. Every recommendation generated. All of it rests on a durable skills foundation employers can actually trust.

Free profiles are open for all. States, institutions, workforce boards, and employers. Explore the Durable Skills Marketplace at the link below.

🔗 https://durableskillsmarketplace.com

America Succeeds and EBSCOed Are Bringing Durable Skills to the Talent Marketplace - America Succeeds The Pathsmith™ Durable Skills Framework has been selected as the exclusive durable skills backbone of LER.me Talent Marketplace. This new free, open-access Learning and Employment Record (LER) talent marketplace launched by EBSCOed will make it possible for durable skills to be defined, measured, ...

Policy doesn’t build the bridge. Infrastructure does.

The gap between a mandate and measurable outcomes is filled by three things:

1. Credential registries that align to open standards
2. Talent marketplaces that connect verified skills to real opportunities
3. Data systems that close the loop on what actually happens after program completion
4. None of that happens by accident. And not if it happens from a policy document alone.

EBSCOed works with state workforce agencies, colleges, employers, and training providers to build the infrastructure that turns policy intent into practice: the systems, standards and connection that make the direction real.

The direction is set.

If you need help building the ship to get you there, EBSCOed is here.

Meeting federal mandates is important.

There’s a meaningful difference between building the infrastructure because you have to and building it because you understand what it unlocks.

One produces a system that satisfies an auditor. The other produces a system that transforms outcomes for learners, for employers, and for entire regions.

Compliance gets you in the room while impact is what changes the room.

EBSCOed helps state workforce agencies, colleges, employers, and training providers go beyond the federal mandates and build an infrastructure that actually moves people forward.

Just imagine what that kind of impact could look like for your organization.

Partner with EBSCOed to make it a reality: https://hubs.li/Q04fDkDF0

Think about every pathway a jobseeker might take before they land a role:

- A training program
- A credential registry
- A workforce agency
- An employer’s ATS
- A job board

Each one represents only a small piece of a bigger picture. When these systems don’t communicate and the data stays siloed, formats don’t align and records can’t travel. The jobseeker has to start from scratch at every door they knock on.

That fragmentation is the hidden tax on workforce mobility.

It slows hiring, frustrates workers, undermines program outcomes, and leaves employers unable to see the qualified candidates right in front of them.

When credential registries, talent marketplaces, and case management systems are built to share data and use open standards aligned with LERs, the entire journey can become faster, clearer, and more connected.

Workers don’t have to constantly prove themselves at every step.

Employers get consistent and trusted information.

Agencies can track what happens after program completion.

The infrastructure exists. The standards exist. What’s needed is the will and the right partners to build it.

EBSCOed connects the systems that serve workers, so workers can ger connect to what they’ve earned, and what they deserve.

Get connected with EBSCOed: https://hubs.li/Q04fCJnC0

You earned your credentials. You did all of the hard work.

Why is it still so hard to get in the room?

The problem isn’t the credential. It’s the infrastructure around it that sucks.

When skills can’t be verified, shared, or understood across systems, qualified people get passed over. And the qualified aren’t passed over because they “aren’t ready” but because decision-makers can’t see that they are ready.

LERs change that. They translate what someone has earned into a language that employers, workforce agencies, training providers, and educators can read that's built on open standards designed for real-world hiring scenarios.

Your credential shouldn’t open just some doors but any doors that you’re qualified for.

Learn more about connected talent marketplaces and how they connect skills and credentials to relevant opportunities by creating a free profile in our national marketplace, LER.me.

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Put yourself in the shoes of a jobseeker:

You completed the program.
You passed the assessment.
You put in the work.
You earned it.

But in a hiring market that still leans on pedigree over proof, a credential without the infrastructure to back it up can feel invisible. Especially for jobseekers and workers who didn’t follow a traditional path. Someone who built skills through community college courses, workforce training programs, on-the-job experience, or military service.

exist to change that.

LERs don’t add more paperwork to the process. It creates a trusted, verifiable, and portable record of what someone has earned and experienced. LERs grow with the user and speaks the language of every system it touches, making their skills impossible to overlook.

EBSCOed builds infrastructure that makes sure jobseekers can validate their skills and experience. They earned their credentials. LERs help prove the value of those credentials.

Learn more about credential registries and connected talent marketplaces: https://hubs.li/Q049TLP70

Every stakeholder in the workforce ecosystem has a choice:

Build the infrastructure or live with the consequences.

Employers who don’t invest in connected talent marketplaces keep guessing who’s qualified, miss candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, and lose weeks to credential verification that should take seconds.

Agencies that don’t act can’t connect program completions to real employment outcomes, can’t prove ROI to funders, and risk falling short of federal mandates like the Connecting Talent to Opportunity Challenge.

Training providers and educators that stay disconnected issue credentials that never reach the employers who need to see them with no feedback loop, no outcome data, and growing funding risk.

The cost of doing nothing will compound.

It’s time to be a part of a connected talent marketplace.

Partner with EBSCOed to create connection and opportunity for all.

The path from policy to practice runs through three critical steps:

Step 1: Capture the Credential

Align skills, certifications, and learning experiences to open standards through LERs. Make what’s earned legible across every system it needs to touch.

Step 2: Connect to the Marketplace

Match verified talent to real opportunities across employers, agencies, and training providers in real time.

Steps 3: Measure Real Outcomes

Track placement, advancement, and program performance. Close the loop. Prove what’s working and invest accordingly.

Federal mandates like the challenge are a call to action. But intent without infrastructure is just a directive that doesn’t put people to work.

The workflow was built to power mandates. The infrastructure is ready.

Are you ready to take action?

https://hubs.li/Q049T01Z0

The Challenge is a signal. A clear statement from federal leadership that connecting talent to economic opportunity is a national priority.

But policy doesn’t build the bridge. Infrastructure does.

The gap between a mandate and measurable outcomes is filled by three things:

Credential registries that align to open standards
Talent marketplaces that connect verified skills to real opportunities
Data systems that close the loop on what actually happens after program completion
None of that happens by accident. And not if it happens from a policy document alone.

EBSCOed works with state workforce agencies, colleges, employers, and training providers to build the infrastructure that turns policy intent into practice: the systems, standards and connection that make the direction real.

The direction is set.

If you need help building the ship to get you there, EBSCOed is here.

A credential just sitting in a database helps no one.

Learning & Employment Records (LERs) are changing that and turning what workers have earned into something every employer, agency, and training provider can actually see, trust, and act on.

Swipe to see what LERs unlock and save this post if you’re thinking about building a connected credential infrastructure.