This document discusses the changing nature of jobs and skills. It notes that many jobs now require a blend of traditional and technical skills, like journalism jobs requiring skills in analytics, SEO, and JavaScript. It also discusses how traditional job taxonomies can be limited and fail to capture the unique skillsets of both individuals and specific jobs. A new approach is needed to understand the "skill shapes" of emerging career paths and connect people to jobs that match their competencies in order to address issues like underemployment and lack of opportunity.

2. 2
Hybrid Jobs
Every job is digital
Journalism job postings
increasingly require tech
skills like analytics, SEO,
and JavaScript
Bubble size reflects relative
demand of each skill

3. 3
The New Geography
of Skills

4. The New
Geography
of Skills
To understand the “skill shapes”
in emerging career paths across
geographies.

5. The
Challenge
• Underemployment
• Lack of career advancement
• Workforce dollars spent inefficiently
• Limited equity and opportunity

6. The
Opportunity
• Use real-time LMI to develop
breakthrough planning tools
• Bridge employers and learning providers
• Connect workers to jobs at scale
• Enhance regional competitiveness
through talent development

7. Traditional taxonomies
• Put everyone in the same box
• Not how the real world works
• Amazon, GM, and Emsi are all looking for a
Software Engineer I; are we all looking for the
same person?
• Traditional taxonomies are wooden in their
shape
• People and jobs don’t generally fit nicely within
those boundaries

8. People, Jobs
• Have unique skillsets; everyone of us has a
different “skill shape”
• Most jobs also have a specific shape as well
• How can we connect people to where they
should be today?
• Understand what jobs, either within the
company or without, that match each person’s
competencies