Alabama Talent Triad Trailblazer Initiative

The State of Alabama is blazing the trail to skills-based hiring by recruiting employers to transform their job descriptions using the Talent Triad’s Skills-Based Job Description Generator and Occupational Competency Ontology.

The Alabama Trailblazer Initiative is just one piece of the larger puzzle, orchestrated by the Alabama Talent Triad, spearheading the statewide movement to reshape the hiring landscape and create opportunities for all Alabamians.

How to get involved:

Fill out the Trailblazer Onboarding Form & include 3 sample Job Descriptions for us to transform in advance.

Step 1:

Attend tailored training sessions and consultations where you’ll develop a work plan for your recruitment and hiring process.

Step 2:

Let’s get those Skills-Based Jobs loaded!

Step 3:

Once onboard, you’ll gain access to resources and one-on-one consultations, equipping you with the knowledge and tools needed to successfully implement skills-based hiring strategies. We’ll work with you and your team to understand your current hiring practices and identify areas where skills-based approaches can be integrated. Our personalized assessments ensure that our partnership is tailored to meet your needs and objectives.

Why the Talent Triad?

Why Choose Skills-Based Hiring?

  • With more jobs than job seekers, choosing a skills-based hiring model opens doors to new talent pools, and qualified & upcoming candidates.

  • Signaling the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow will enable education & training providers to provide faster, more targeted competency-based education to meet your needs.

Why Should Employers Get Started Early?

  • Signal needed skills to the education & training community.

  • Communicate preferred equivalencies.

  • Seed the market with the skills you need by alerting us to the credential programs of value to your business for inclusion in our learning pathways recommender. 

  • Match with qualified and upcoming (in-process credential earners) candidates

Start Discovering Untapped Talent Pipelines

  • Skills-match with qualified candidates across sectors and geographies. 

  • Have your jobs recommended to skills-qualified candidates. 

  • Ensure your required credentials are available to your potential candidates. 

  • Connect with upcoming talent before they’ve completed their credential program.

Explore Employer Premium Options

  • Enhance internal upskilling opportunities without risking your talent with employer premium subscriptions. 

  • HRIS systems integration available for sustainability and efficiency.

  • Publishing workflows to additional platforms as needed.

  • Bulk jobs data transformation services available.

The Talent Playbook

Alabama’s Talent Triad publishes a step-by-step playbook every month, outlining the process of making the Talent Marketplace in your state more robust and skills-focused in order to connect the right candidate to the right employer.

Being the first full-scale talent marketplace in the nation, the Talent Triad has the data and social proof that shows the benefits of promoting a skills-based economy. This playbook series provides insight to employers, jobseekers and policymakers that will help promote a partnership that elevates the workforce to heights unseen.

Talent Triad Employer FAQs

Find out more about how the Talent Triad’s Trailblazer Initiative can impact employers, jobseekers, employers, and education & training providers.

Skills-Based Job Description Generator Training

Interested in learning how to create tailored job descriptions that attract the right talent?

Bulk Jobs Data Transformation Services

Receive a helping hand in pulling the right data to locate the right candidate.

Get In Touch

Our mission is to not only improve the relationship between jobseekers, employers, and policymakers through skills-based initiatives but to help other states achieve similar success in order to boost the workforce economy across America. Let’s start the conversation!