{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/choose-the-smallest-bridge-skill-that-unlocks-an-adjacent-role",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0644",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Choose the smallest bridge skill that unlocks an adjacent role",
  "summary": "The highest-value gap is the one that blocks otherwise usable overlap.",
  "kind": "heuristic",
  "body": "After mapping overlap, rank missing capabilities by gating power: which gap prevents you from doing or credibly demonstrating the target work? Learn or practice that gap first. Reassess after it closes instead of finishing an arbitrary full syllabus.",
  "limits": [
    "Some professions require comprehensive formal education or licensure; a bridge-skill heuristic cannot bypass regulated requirements."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-career-portability-and-transition-readiness"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-C0F55A08DAD82996"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "OECD Skills Outlook 2025 argues that evolving skill demands make lifelong learning and timely labour-market intelligence important for helping adults adapt.",
      "source_id": "RS-C0F55A08DAD82996",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The report is a cross-country policy synthesis and does not prescribe one individual's career move.",
      "locator": "Make lifelong learning a reality; strengthen career guidance and information systems"
    },
    {
      "claim": "OECD Skills Outlook 2025 recommends flexible learning pathways and recognition of prior learning to support movement between education, work and different career routes.",
      "source_id": "RS-C0F55A08DAD82996",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Recognition systems and credential portability vary by country and profession.",
      "locator": "Support mobility through flexible learning pathways"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A transition plan contains a long curriculum because the target role feels new."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Some professions require comprehensive formal education or licensure; a bridge-skill heuristic cannot bypass regulated requirements."
  ],
  "example": "A transition to analytics may need one real SQL-and-metrics project more than six unrelated certificates.",
  "check": "Closing the selected gap unlocks a concrete target task, application or evidence artifact.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-C0F55A08DAD82996",
      "title": "OECD Skills Outlook 2025",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-skills-outlook-2025_26163cd3-en.html"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0644",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0645",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/prefer-learning-that-produces-work-like-evidence"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-72B4F1DC8779A7DE",
      "title": "Make your skills portable before you need to move",
      "url": "/collections/make-your-skills-portable-before-you-need-to-move"
    }
  ]
}