Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit 2025

Our reference point is now the Global Skills Taxonomy – it provides an excellent model for structuring programmes that support people as they develop skills for a constant-ly changing future. It’s a solid foundation for skill-building across the organization, whether for leaders or team members alike. Agility We’re finding that in skill taxonomies, more isn’t always better. The most useful taxono-my strikes a balance—descriptive enough to capture organizational or industry-specific contexts without becoming overwhelming. Pearson Globally, there are a variety of skills taxonomies in wide use, by both the pub-lic (e.g. O*NET, ESCO, Singapore’s Skills Framework), and private (e.g. Coursera, LinkedIn, Workday) sectors. The World Economic Forum’s Global Skills Taxonomy is an effort to provide a translation tool be-tween such different taxonomies. Regardless of which skills taxonomy an organization chooses to adopt or adapt, there are key properties to consider: 1,3 –Compr ehensive: Effectively describe skills for all roles or occupations. –Inter operable: Supports and enhance rather than conflicts with existingstandards. –Accessible: User-friendly, with accessi- ble language and design. –Customizable: Able to speak to the needs of the organization and nationalcontext. –Granular: Able to explore specific skills and skills adjacencies at the requiredlevel of detail.–Dynamic: Reflect the fast-changing la- bour market and maintain sufficient flex-ibility to be updated regularly.Key insight 9: Key properties of a skills taxonomy Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit 31