Giving every Alabamian the opportunity to achieve their dreams.
By making all learning count. A statewide system aligning education to workforce — with an integrated Learning & Employment Record, Credential Registry, and Skills-Based Job Description generator.
"We first had to lay a foundation to meet the needs of a demand, skill and competency-based learning and talent-development ecosystem. Now we can start identifying in-demand jobs and connecting people with the opportunities they need." — Nick Moore, Director of the Governor's Office of Education and Workforce Transformation
Alabama's Talent Triad
The nation's first full-scale talent marketplace, aligning education to workforce. Publicly available and maintained by the Alabama Department of Workforce, the Triad uses AI to connect students, jobseekers, employers, and providers.
Employers align job descriptions with trusted, valued education and training programs, credentials, skills, competencies, and experiences — and offer real-time feedback to education and training partners about the skills they need.
Visit the Talent TriadLearners and earners manage validated and self-attested skills, competencies, credentials, and experiences from grade 8 through retirement — receiving upskilling, work-based learning, and job recommendations along the way.
Visit the Talent TriadEducation and training providers submit degree and non-degree programs, credentials, and work-based learning opportunities to issue validated skills, competencies, credentials, and experiences to their students.
Visit the Talent TriadOne marketplace. Three audiences.
Employers
Align job descriptions with trusted programs, credentials, and skills. Offer real-time feedback to education partners about what your industry needs.
Visit the Talent Triad →Learners & Earners
Manage validated and self-attested skills, credentials, and experiences from grade 8 through retirement. Get upskilling, work-based learning, and job recommendations.
Visit the Talent Triad →Providers
Submit your degree and non-degree programs, credentials, and work-based learning opportunities. Issue validated awards to students to help them launch careers.
Visit the Talent Triad →Supporting a unified, aligned talent marketplace benefits everyone.
Job roles and technologies are changing at an unprecedented rate. Aligning education with employer demand creates a more robust talent pipeline — and a stronger economy.
The Talent Triad supports job seekers in finding the most advantageous employment, and helps employers fill in-demand jobs. By bringing together employers and industry partners, education and training providers, and policymakers, Alabama has built the technical infrastructure to enable the first statewide unified talent marketplace.
In support of growing a skills-based economy beyond its borders, Alabama and its partners publish play-by-play issue papers on the key elements of the Triad — interoperability, the role of policymakers, employer engagement, credential data and LERs, funding, competency ontologies, and more.
We invite you to connect with the Alabama Talent Triad team to explore how this work can support transformation in your state and find opportunities to collaborate.
Play-by-play issue papers
Alabama and its partners are publishing the architecture of a statewide skills-based economy. Each issue covers a key element of the Triad — read them in order or jump to what's most relevant to your state.
Building a Talent Marketplace — A Playbook for States
Alabama's Talent Triad is a unique system, bringing together often disparate efforts to create value and impact for the state's workforce and economy. Driven by Alabama's Governor's Office and partners.
Read the issueInteroperability — Scaling Statewide Talent Development Systems: the Alabama Model
No workforce or education digital tool that seeks to facilitate mobility can succeed if it operates in isolation. Interoperability — the ability of data to flow — is foundational.
Read the issueEmployer Engagement — Alabama's Talent Marketplace: An Industry-Driven Strategy
The Talent Triad is a public-private partnership, now sponsored by the Alabama Department of Workforce, to increase the number of credentialed Alabamians and address industry needs.
Read the issueThe Role of Credential Data — Transparency, Quality, and Functionality in the Alabama Talent Triad
Over the last few decades, the economy has been undergoing transformation that requires more skilled labor than ever before — and a clearer view of what programs and credentials deliver.
Read the issueState Role and Governance — Facilitating an Industry-Aligned Workforce Ecosystem
State governments have a critical responsibility to facilitate the transition of public infrastructure — built on innovative technologies and responsible AI — to drive the economy.
Read the issueCompetency Ontology — A shared language for skills
Only the Alabama Talent Triad has created a unified system designed to support emerging technologies and real-life scenarios — both degree pathways and skilled trades alike.
Read the issueThe movement to create digital wallets and records of credentials is significant.
However, only the Alabama Talent Triad has created a unified system designed to support emerging technologies and real-life scenarios — both degree and skilled trades pathways.
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