Skill Surfing into a New Economy
summary
LinkedIn maps a digital labor market with 650 million members, 30 million companies, 23 million jobs and 35,000 listed skills, and pushes a skills-first hiring flow: adaptive multiple‑choice assessments (over 3 million assessments taken by 2 million members) that surface a binary badge now and plan proficiency curves later. Recruiter searches already use skills (25%+ of searches) and can filter for candidates who have passed assessments, while failed attempts unlock LinkedIn Learning’s ~15,000 courses.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 2:56Economic graph explained
- 6:29Future of work challenges
- 9:18Skills-based hiring explained
- 13:56Skills assessments vision
- 23:21Q&A on hidden talent
- 44:47Closing remarks
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