A use case scenario for digital identity that naturally flows on from the Digital Education capability is Workforce Credentials.
With a primary goal of academic credentials being to underpin the credibility of candidates for possible employment roles there is a powerful intersection across these use cases.
The value of this ecosystem approach is demonstrated by how employers also benefit, able to validate the skills of potential employees in a faster, more secure manner.
HR departments are getting overwhelmed with outdated, manual processes that are not responsive to business needs and may introduce significant liabilities to the organization if employees or contractors are not representing their qualifications accurately. There is also an issue of fraudulent certifications.
Therefore leveraging Identity and Blockchain credentialing technologies for digitizing certifications offers employers multiple benefits including speeding as well as securing the process.
Traditionally, people shared their personal information via physical documents upon being hired. By transforming from a “paper trail” to a digital platform that secures data, records and transactions, organizations can move verification into a real time exercise.
Securing Professional Certifications
This use case is demonstrated in this webinar, co-presented by Oxford Computer Group and Credivera, where they demonstrate how they are utilizing Microsoft Entra to support workers with verified credentials to remove cost, risk, and complexity in the HR and IT departments.
Other Credivera partners include We Know Training, who have launched VerifiableCredentials.ca, to offer employers an LMS (Learning Management System) that can deliver industry skills training which then issues these verified credentials-based training certificates.
This combination with LMS and the production of industry-specific skills and learning content is a key method for addressing this segment. As well as academic institutions there are also trade bodies and corporations themselves who issue professional certifications. For example Brewdog created an online academy for it’s employees to gain new work-specific skill qualifications.
Other industries require very labour-intensive workforce management practices. Trinsic offers this case study explaining how FLEX Health is tackling the complex needs of staffing a healthcare facility, giving healthcare workers access to a verifiable work history and streamlining the onboarding process with digital wallets, where they can keep their verified work history, professional certifications, licenses, background checks, continuing education credits, and more.
