Skills visibility is the process of making an individual’s abilities easily or automatically communicated to current and future employers, particularly to assist in skills-based hiring, career advancement, and retraining and upskilling.  Skills visibility is also important for businesses to respond to rapidly changing demands of business and new technology. Knowing what skills a business has on hand (in their employee workforce) is critical to effective operations, especially for rapid reallocation of resources and redeployment of staff when needed.