Validating skills
Why Validation Is Important
Your Skill Wallet is not just a list of skills: it is a comprehensive and traceable record of everything you can do. Each skill can be confirmed with concrete evidence, called evidences, which are collected over time by you and the organizations connected to your Wallet.
In this way, every skill is not just a personal claim: it becomes verifiable, credible, and useful information for anyone who needs to assess it.
What It Means to “Validate” a Skill
A skill is considered "validated" when it is linked to credible evidence proving your actual possession of that skill.
Each skill in the Wallet has two core components:
- Title and description, which precisely define the skill (they may come from an official taxonomy such as ESCO).
- Evidence timeline, where all proofs and confirmations linked to the skill are collected over time.
Validation occurs every time an evidence is linked to a skill. It can happen in different ways, depending on who created the evidence.
Who Can Contribute to Validation
Validation can happen through:
- Yourself (user): when you enter an experience, a learning outcome, or a self-assessment.
- An organization: when a manager assigns and evaluates a skill for you.
- A training provider: when it issues a certificate, badge, or evaluation linked to a skill.
Every evidence you add or receive enriches the skill and strengthens its value.
Two Types of Validation: First-Party and Second-Party
In Dokimazo, every evidence linked to a skill automatically produces a validation type:
First-Party Validation
This validation type occurs when the evidence supporting the skill is uploaded and associated by the user directly. In other words, the user validates the skill based on elements they have produced themselves: self-assessments, experiences, and learning outcomes.
This type of validation is labeled in the platform as "User-generated" (1st party).
Second-Party Validation
This type of validation occurs when the evidence is generated by a third party other than the user, such as an employer or training institution connected to the Wallet.
This type of validation is labeled in the platform as "Authentic" (2nd party).
What Evidence Generates Which Validation
| Type of Evidence | Who Submits It | Type of Validation |
|---|---|---|
| Self-assessment | User | User-generated (1st party) |
| Experiences | User | User-generated (1st party) |
| Education and training | User | User-generated (1st party) |
| Company assessments | Organization | Authentic (2nd party) |
| Certificates and training outcomes | Training provider | Authentic (2nd party) |
Why Validation Is a Strength
Validation allows you to:
- Provide concrete proof of what you can do
- Build a more credible and recognizable profile
- Tell the story of how you developed your skills
- Update and strengthen your skills over time
At Dokimazo, we say that skills are the currency of your talent: the more validated they are, the more they’re worth.