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FUTURE-OF-WORK-LITERACY5 MIN READ

The skills map needs proficiency, not just tags

Explain why a skills inventory needs proficiency levels and evidence to support mobility decisions.

The move: make every important skill tag answer “at what level, proven how, for which task?” Skill tags are useful for search. They are not enough for deployment. The same tag can describe awareness, working competence, or expert judgment. If a project needs someone to challenge a flawed metric definition, a person who completed an introductory dashboard course may not be ready. A deployable skills map has three layers. Task context says where the skill is used. Proficiency level says what good performance looks like. Evidence proves the person can do it. This is what turns a marketplace from a…

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