Yasmin King

Chief Executive Officer

Yasmin is CEO of SkillsIQ, Board member of the Australian Health Care and Hospitals Association, Chair of the University of SA MBA Advisory Board and a member of CEDA’s NSW/ACT Advisory Committee.

An experienced negotiator and mediator, Yasmin was formerly adjunct to the Australian Graduate School of Management, lecturing in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. She has specific expertise in stakeholder management and engagement, government policy and advocacy and brings those skills to the boards and committees on which she serves.

Currently, SkillsIQ is focusing its efforts on projects that can improve workforce and educational outcomes, using its collective experience in the VET sector and working with like-minded organisations. Using AI for Skills recognition linking to formal education pathways is an area of particular interest.

A former NSW Small Business Commissioner and Associate Commissioner ACCC, Small Business Yasmin is passionate about the challenges that small business and not-for-profits in particular face and the need to ensure that economic policy can support innovation and sustainability across businesses of all sizes.

Yasmin holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and an Honours degree in Economics. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD) and a Fellow of CPA Australia (Certified Practising Accountant).

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Webinar - Introduction to Skills Literacy

In the first webinar of the six-part series, Yasmin King will join our series host Dr. Mark Keough to discuss the basics of skills literacy, including: What does skills literacy mean? Why do people have difficulty understanding and defining their own skills? And how can skills literacy lead to better career outcomes?

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CEDA - Opinion Article

Much of our workforce training is compliance-focused and not aimed at upskilling our workers. Without systems to track and recognise informal, formal, and self-directed learning, employees are having to repeat training unnecessarily. This highlights the need to embrace open recognition and use AI-powered skills recognition systems like SkillsAware to validate real skills in the workforce, if we want to address the issue of productivity.

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VET Research Conference ‘No Frills’

National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) VET Research Conference ‘No Frills’ co-hosted with TAFE Queensland. Melinda Brown, General Manager, SkillsIQ, presented how technological solutions can be adapted and integrated into existing systems to validate individuals' capabilities and experience in the workforce.

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