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Through their pioneering work at College for America, the duo emphasizes the importance of transparently naming and communicating skills to learners, bridging the gap between academic and workplace skills. Learn more about the challenges posed by legacy systems and the importance of breaking down silos. They also share insights from their new consultancy work, giving us a preview of What’s Next for the Skills-First Movement.  \nVoices of Excellence on Episode 42  \nJulian Alssid, President J. Alssid Associates  \nLinkedIn  \nKaitlin Lemoine, Partner J. Alssid Associates  \nLinkedIn  \nLinks and Resources  \n•  Episode 42 of Podcast  \n• J Alssid Associates  \n• ACT Work Ready Communities  \n• ACT Workforce Solutions  \nTranscript of Episode 42  \nJingle Open with Music: Let’s Get Ready for Work  \nJulian Alssid: My first wish is that my first wish is that parents begin from day one talking to their kids about skills and that we all learn to integrate in our daily lives. That should be driving decisions we make going forward. That for me would make for a skill centered nirvana.  \nKaitlin Lemo ine: Really focused on competency-based education and making curriculum that really, genuinely, authentically reflects what's needed.  \nJasen Jones: Julian Alssid and Kaitlin Lemoine join us on Episode 42 of Ready for Work on What’s Next for the Skills-First Movement.  \nPodcast Open: Ready for Work is a podcast from ACT spotlighting excellence and innovation throughout the workforce ecosystem. Jasen Jones hosts this journey with trends and ideas to help your region’s workforce reach its highest potential. Now, let’s get Ready for Work!  \nJasen: We are thrilled to showcase the competency-based education and skills-first progress from two champions in the field, Julian Alssid and Kaitlin Lemoine. Pioneering their work at the College for America out of Southern NH University, their new partnership tackles current challenges and their emerging work paints a picture of what’s ahead in the skills-first movement.  \nWelcome to both of you and thanks for joining us on Ready for Work. Let’s set the stage with a quick recap of what brought both of you to this point in your careers and the skills-first mission.  \nJulian: Well, I first became involved with the Skills First movement back in the early nineties when it became clear that a high school diploma wasn't cutting it for many career track jobs. And the skills gaps were really clear and evident and we could no longer follow this sort of very hard divide between vocational and academic programming. but our systems were not built to around skills. 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How do we divvy up and understand the different ways in which people can learn, whether it's on the job through work, experience, internships, world of experiences, courses, degrees, certificates, you name it.  \nKaitlin: What brought me to what brought me here to this point is I have spent my whole career really thinking about the intersection of actually academic skills and what is needed after your academic experience or your training experience, whether that's the workplace or a college or another training program or really that intersection. 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