How to use Digital Badges
Highlight your skills
Show employers and training providers what you can do, including skills that may not be captured through formal qualifications.
Build your CV
Add badges to your CV, digital profile or applications to demonstrate your achievements.
Share your achievements
Display badges on social media, LinkedIn, email signatures and digital portfolios.
Why do digital badges matter?
Not all skills are reflected in qualifications.
Many people develop valuable skills through volunteering, work experience, training, community activities and employment. Digital badges help make these skills visible by providing a recognised way to record and share achievements.
They can help you tell the story behind your experiences and demonstrate what you're capable of to employers, training providers and other organisations.
Like certificates, digital badges recognise achievements and skills.
However, digital badges can also include additional information such as:
- The skills demonstrated
- The activity completed
- Evidence of achievement
- The issuing organisation
- Verification that the badge is genuine
This helps employers and training providers understand not just what you achieved, but how you achieved it.
