Certifications are not just a voluntary achievement—they are often a baseline standard for employment, career growth, and economic mobility. Certification bodies already excel at measuring skills and validating what their certification holders know; the next step is showing where those skills lead. As employers, learners, and policymakers increasingly ask whether credentials translate into real career outcomes, certification bodies who wish to prove the value of their programs need a common language for describing credentials and high-quality outcomes data that show where these skills lead. This session explores how credentialing organizations can pair credential and competency descriptions with earnings, employment, and education outcomes data to build a credible, evidence-based case for the value of their programs, using a real-world example of credential transparency and outcomes infrastructure working together at scale.
Jeff Grann, Credential Engine
Bill Schimmel, Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)