(2018-08-24) Craig Digital Credential Narrative

Ryan Craig: It’s The Journey, Not The Destination. Credly has issued tens of millions of digital credentials and demand is growing rapidly, particularly among employers, industry associations, and scale credential providers such as large IT vendors. Issuers seeking to badge specific competencies are either on or joining the Credly platform. Credly already hosts the majority of credentials most commonly requested in job postings, and more than 80% of the top IT certifications found on LinkedIn.

At a time when employers are increasingly seeking strange and wondrous new blends of skills for hybrid jobs, digital pathways are a logical solution. As pathways evolve, students will be able to chart their own pathways through their universities’ vast intellectual and academic resources. Just as the best way to lay out pathways on college quads is to first see where students walk, enlightened schools will take input from students as they chart their digital pathway map. And with more and more students motivated by an employment imperative, many of these pathways will lead directly to good first jobs.

But digital pathways won’t only be of use to employers. Digital pathways address the very human need for narrative.