Elite Credentialing Partners of 2024
IBM
The IBM credential program delivers industry-recognized digital credentials for learners to demonstrate their expertise and showcase their accomplishments. IBM carefully crafts each credential to reflect the learner's knowledge, skill, contribution, and competency achievements.
With each newly earned IBM credential, learners can build skills and confidence, differentiate themselves, demonstrate commitment and explore new career opportunities.
At the same time, employers can use secure, verified digital credentials from IBM as one more way to validate individual skills and achievements.
The IBM credential program continuously invests in new areas to stay ahead of the rapidly changing technology landscape. Learners can prove their expertise and showcase their accomplishments in the latest products and technologies, including AI, data science, watsonx, cloud, and cybersecurity.
Credentialing Program Overview
Unlocking Skills and Achievements at Every Level with IBM's Digital Credentials
IBM's digital credential framework represents foundational to thought-leadership skills, and also higher-level achievements through the IBM Professional Certification Program. These programs are designed to meet learners at any stage, whether it is a student participating in IBM SkillsBuild, an individual user learning on IBM Training or Coursera, or a professional validating their skills via the IBM Professional Certification Program. IBM's learning is designed for a variety of audiences, including academic students, adult learners, IBM Business Partners, IBM employees, and clients.
Credentialing Impact Overview
The Reach of IBM Badges
Unique Badges Issued in 2024
Unique IBM Badge Earners
Badge Acceptance Rate (Credly Average is 67%)
What IBM Loves About Credly
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Insights & Best Practices
Top Tips from IBM to Enhance Your Credentialing Programs
- Centralized Management: Have a dedicated centralized team to manage your credential program with a well-defined set of standards, rules and governance. This team should also include operational, strategic and leadership support.
- Unified Badge Design: Design standardized emblems to span across an established credential framework which includes achievement levels and programs your badges will represent.
- Engage with Learners: Educate your learners about digital credentials and the value they hold.
- Leverage Data: Utilize available metrics to track and analyze your program, such as acceptance and share rates to ensure earners find value in the credentials they receive.
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