Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit: Defining a Common Skills Language for a Future-Ready Workforce

Skills and talent shortages are critical challenges hindering economic growth, limiting business opportunities, and curbing individual potential. As technology rapidly advances and economic landscapes continue to shift, a common skills language is urgently needed to bridge gaps and enable workforce transformation.

The Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit equips leaders across sectors—businesses, governments, and education providers—with actionable steps, evidence-based insights, and real-world case studies to adopt a common skills language and embed skills-first approaches into talent management strategies. Grounded in research and extensive stakeholder input, this toolkit is both a resource and a call to action, enabling organizations to collectively build a resilient, future-ready workforce. By adopting this common framework, stakeholders can collectively address the challenges posed by the evolving labour market and prepare workers for the jobs of tomorrow.