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For Employers

Employers: What digital badges mean for you

Digital badges can help make it faster and easier to find talent with the exact skills you need and upskill the team you already have.

Unlike traditional resumes or transcripts, digital badges are verifiable, specific, and built for the modern workforce. Each badge links to clear, detailed criteria so you can see what the candidate actually learned, how they learned it, and what they can do. There’s no guesswork or inflated claims.

Employers can benefit in many ways from digital badging:

Verify skills instantly

Every badge is issued by a trusted institution and is backed by detailed criteria. Just click to confirm what a candidate knows and can do

Understand skills at a glance

Digital badges compliment already achieved traditional degrees and certificates and communicate academic achievements in plain language that aligns with real-world business needs.

Hire smarter and faster

Badges help you quickly spot applicants with the right competencies, saving time on screening and improving your hiring success rate

Integrated with hiring platforms

Digital badges are easy to find on LinkedIn and other platforms, along with full credential details

Promoting digital badging for employees fosters a culture of continuous learning and improvement, while demonstrating a commitment to employee professional development.