Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit 2025

Skills-first hiring incorporates skills into the recruitment process, enabling organizations to identify the best candidates, improve job performance and productivity, and promote inclusivity. By using skills taxonomies, organ-izations can map specific skills and proficien-cy levels to job roles, creating a more precise and effective hiring framework. To harness the full potential of skills-first hiring, organizations can refine their job descriptions by: 2 –Consistently emphasizing skills and compe - tencies in job postings. –Clearly dif ferentiating between required and preferred skills. –Removing formal degr ee requirements where appropriate. –Eliminating biased language, using clearterms, and including an equal-access orinclusivity statement. The following is an example of what a skills-based job r ole can look like, developed by SkillsFuture Singapore:5Implement sustainable design initiatives –Identify r elevant regulations and standards for sustainability in engineering designs –Conduct r esearch for sustainable design and product innovations –Support implementation of sustainable de - sign initiativesIn accordance with: Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Act; Building Control Act; Fire Safety Act Adhere to Design for Safety (DfS) regulations –Pr opose modifications to design plans to reduce design risks – Pr ovide relevant safety information in design, construction and maintenance manuals –Maintain DfS r ecords of key decisions made with respect to design risks andmodificationsKey insight 5: How to embed skills and proficiency levels in job descriptions Job Role: Designer (Engineering Design) Critical work functions Key tasks Performance expectations Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit 21