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2025  \nTestimony of Greg DiDonato, Vice President of Business Development, EBSCOed, a division of  \nEBSCO Information Services  \nThank you, Chairman Owens, Ranking Member Adams, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Greg DiDonato, Vice President of Business Development for EBSCOed, a division ofEBSCO Information Services.  \nEBSCO is a trusted partner in education; our mission is to make all learning count. Our products and services support lifelong learning, streamline digital experiences, and efficiently connect education to workforce opportunities. We develop a connected ecosystem to facilitate better decision-making and further economic mobility for those entering and advancing in the workforce.  \nToday, I am here to share the story of the Alabama Talent Triad and the value of a full talent marketplace implementation. This statewide initiative demonstrates how talent marketplaces strengthen economies, transform how Americans leverage education to connect with employment, supports data-driven decision making, and leverages big data to inform smart and responsible AI capabilities.  \nTalent marketplaces, of which LERs are an essential piece, can operationalize and address many of the guidelines, executive orders, and initiatives ofthis Administration and Congress and can advance the bipartisan workforce development priorities this Committee has championed.  \nTalent marketplaces bring together learners and earners, education and training providers, and employers. Talent marketplaces have been defined by the Department of Education and within Secretary McMahon’s supplemental grant priorities as meaning a digital, interconnected system of technologies maintained by a State or State Workforce Agency, as defined at 29 U.S.C. 3225a(a)(8), that is  \n• publicly available  \n• includes an integrated Learning and Employment Record, Credential Registry, and SkillBased Job Description generator  \n• utilizes artificial intelligence to enable students and jobseekers, employers, and education and training providers to transform, transcribe, and transact earned learning assertions, job descriptions, and degree and non-degree credentials into discrete competency statements  \n• may be curated into interoperable individual records of achievement and learning and employment recommendations.  \nSimply put, properly implemented and effective talent marketplaces connect education and workforce (learners and earners) to in-demand jobs, by aligning data, information, technologies, and objectives to drive informed decision making and increased opportunities for everyone.  \nWhat Alabama Built: A Unified Talent Marketplace  \nThe Alabama Talent Triad is the nation's first comprehensive statewide talent marketplace. Its goal is to strengthen Alabama's workforce by making it easier for people to find in-demand jobs and for employers to fill those roles by focusing on skills and credentials rather than just traditional degrees. It serves anyone and everyone, from high school students to retirees, across all industries and education levels.  \nThe Talent Triad consists of three integrated components that work together to bridge the gap between education and the workforce to form a unified and actionable talent marketplace.  \nLearning and Employment Records  \nActionable talent marketplaces provide students and jobseekers with the ability to capture their skills, competencies, credentials, and experiences via their validated LERs and secure digital wallets. LERs provide students and jobseekers with an accurate online portfolio of the assets they have learned and earned, which can then be transacted to receive personalized learning and upskilling recommendations, career pathway recommendations, and/or open job recommend","cbCaig9rCixQZqRF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig9rCixQZqRF","pdf",204529,6,"English","# Hearing Testimony\n## Overview of Talent Marketplaces\n## What Alabama Built: A Unified Talent Marketplace\n## Learning and Employment Records\n## Credential Registry","[{\"question\":\"What is the core purpose of a talent marketplace as described in the testimony?\",\"answer\":\"It connects education and workforce by aligning data, technologies, and objectives to enable informed decision making and increased opportunities.\"},{\"question\":\"What role do LERs play in the talent marketplace model?\",\"answer\":\"LERs provide students and jobseekers validated digital portfolios of skills, competencies, and credentials that can be transacted for personalized recommendations and job matching insights.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Alabama’s Talent Triad implement the marketplace concept statewide?\",\"answer\":\"It presents a unified talent marketplace built to strengthen Alabama’s workforce by helping people find in-demand jobs and helping employers fill roles based on skills and credentials rather than only traditional degrees.\"}]","House Committee on Education and Workforce Hearing Testimony - Building a Talent Marketplace: How LERs Empower Workers and Expand Opportunity | PDF",1789325116]