Top 7 Facts To Understand About Digital Credentials

If you’re curious about what digital credentials are, you’re not alone. Just like any other piece of technology, there’s usually a learning curve before it becomes widely accepted. Here are a few facts to clear up what digital credentials actually are

How to Manage & Share Your Digital Credential

Acreditta was created so that anyone can claim and share their achievements. What happens after you've learned something and earned a digital credential to prove that learning?

DOES EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE MATTER IN A DIGITAL WORLD?

Communication, leadership, decision-making, empathy, and teamwork are all examples of soft-skills. All of these are just as relevant in remote work as they are in an office setting. Looking someone in the eye is just as, if not more, important during virtual communication, when body language is secondary and communicating clearly is critical to successful interactions.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO VERIFY SOFT-SKILLS THROUGH DIGITAL CREDENTIALS?

The only way to truly assess empathy is in the context of relationships. A person or group being assessed can be present with or placed into a situational event, scenario, or mocked up interaction and their response observed by others in the scenario as well as onlookers to rate the individuals empathy.

SUCCESS SPOTLIGHT: ORACLE MAXIMIZES DIGITAL CREDENTIALS TO ADD VALUE TO ITS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Corporate certification providers, organizations that offer digital certifications, and HR professionals leading talent management and employee development initiatives will benefit from the tactics shared in this success story.

Does a college degree guarantee career success?

Imagine being eighteen years old, fresh out of high school and being faced with a life-altering choice: go to college, take out more debt than your teenage self can ever truly comprehend, graduate, get an entry-level job, and work your way up. Live the so-called “Dream.” Or, skip traditional higher education entirely and go directly into the workforce, where your wages may be lower over your lifetime, but so will your debt-to-income ratio.

UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF THE DEGREE WITH DIGITAL CREDENTIALS

At the core of rising degree skepticism is an all-or-nothing approach that treats attainment of skills as binary. Job-seekers with degrees “pass go” in the hiring process. Individuals who don’t are sorted and filtered out of the talent pipeline.

VIDEO: HOW TO RETAIN YOUR BEST EMPLOYEES WITH DIGITAL CREDENTIALS

What if there was an easier way to surface and retain incumbent talent, and maximize your company’s dedication and commitment to its best employees?

HOW TO MANAGE & SHARE YOUR DIGITAL CREDENTIALS