Behavioral Workplace Competencies: Analyzing a Competency Model for Private Companies

This article analyzes the model of behavioral workplace competencies in the private sector to discern the suitability of a model proposed in the private sector and its applicability in the public sector, as well as the competencies stipulated in Colombian regulations. It can be therefore characterized as a quantitative study carried out using the deductive and descriptive method. The sample used exceeded 120 Likert-type surveys in various national public sector organizations. One of the most relevant results was the distant relationship between the two models, private and public sector, meaning that the relationship between both is statistically insignificant.

Microcredential learners need quality careers and employability support

Providers, industry, and governments have embraced microcredentialing as a solution to the volatility and velocity of changes in labour markets, workplace competencies, and the needs of the 21st century lifelong learner (Oliver, 2019). However, microcredentials do not, in and of themselves, guarantee career or employment success. Seeking a microcredential is one adaptive career behaviour that people might enact in pursuit of their career goals (Lent & Brown, 2013). Similarly, holding a microcredential is one form of employability capital that people might highlight when seeking employment (Tomlinson & Anderson, 2020).