Workforce Mobility Network: Case Study: Assessment in India for jobs in Germany

The Workforce Mobility Network

When people move across borders for work, reliable assessment matters. Employers often have little else to go on.

But, most national qualification and assessment systems aren’t designed for international use, and don’t build trust across borders. Employers struggle to understand them, and candidates struggle to prove their skills. Even where people find work abroad, it is too often at a level well below their technical capability. 

Some international assessments aim to bridge this gap, but they are usually commercial. This raises basic questions about access. Is fair skilled migration only for those able to pay? Can national assessments, and the partnerships that support them, adapt to growing pressures of workforce mobility?

This Network explores how pathways are built for work and workers between countries. It asks if better pathways can make cross-border hiring more fair, trusted, and useful to employers and workers alike. It then examines the role of assessment and assessment technologies in these contexts.

Interview with Tim Miller

Tim Miller is the founder and CEO of Certif-ID, a company that digitises credentials, verifies skills, and supports international recruitment.  

Certif-ID has been helping firms in Germany to find talent in India for over five years. Their use of assessment and assessment technologies is broad, including direct assessment of skills and employability, assessment of the value of credentials, and the ability of candidates to present themselves at interview. 

The interview, and discussion that follows it, will be chaired by Mike Dawe, an international workforce development consultant with extensive experience in skills recognition, qualification frameworks, and labour mobility.

In this one-hour session, Tim will begin by outlining Certif-ID’s approach to cross-border hiring and the role of assessment within it. He will reflect on what has worked, what has not, and where he sees future risks and opportunities.

Mike will then lead an interview exploring what this experience tells us about the future of assessment and assessment technologies in an increasingly mobile global workforce.

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