However, in what Palmer and Blake call the “expertise economy,” skills are actually the currency with which candidates can navigate within an organization. “When I was at LinkedIn, we made sure that learning was part of everything we did and built into the overall culture of the company, says Palmer. Everyone knew that learning was key to the value proposition at LinkedIn, and our goal was to help employees transform the trajectory of their careers through learning while at LinkedIn. Be able to answer these questions:Do our employees have the skills they need to ensure they are successful? At the core of that strategy is asking the question, “Do our employees have the skills they need to be successful?” Employees need to be asking themselves that same question as well.

Source: Forbes January 03, 2019 19:18 UTC