Empowering the Workforce in the Context of a Skills‐First Approach

2025

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1) This report examines the opportunities and challenges of a skills-first approach in OECD labour markets, highlighting how individuals signal their skills and how employers adopt skills-based hiring practices to foster better job matching and adaptability.
2) * Explores the emergence and adoption of skills-first approaches in OECD countries, considering demographic shifts and the green and digital transition.
* Analyzes how individuals signal their skills and the extent to which employers utilize skills-based hiring practices.
* Identifies key policy actions to support the adoption of skills-first practices, including standardizing skills recognition, investing in lifelong learning, and improving labor market intelligence.
3) Skills-first approach, labour market, skills signalling, hiring practices, workforce development

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