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Skills adjacency map

A structured visualisation of which current skills are adjacent to future-demand skills — enabling targeted reskilling rather than blanket retraining.

What this means in practice

ESCO (European Skills, Competences, and Occupations) provides the reference taxonomy; LinkedIn Economic Graph provides large-scale empirical adjacency data.

Synonyms

skills adjacency , skills graph

See also

  • AI talent pipeline — A six-stage system — source, hire, onboard, develop, retain, transition — for AI-fluent talent across the enterprise.
  • Role exposure score — A task-level measure of how much of a role's work is exposed to AI capability — computed by mapping role tasks to AI-capable task categories.
  • Career lattice — A career architecture that allows lateral movement alongside vertical progression — so employees can grow by expanding scope, changing domain, or deepening expertise rather than only by promotion.
  • Internal talent marketplace — Infrastructure — typically a platform — for moving employees across roles as work evolves.

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