Why You Need a Skills Architecture

The rise of AI is reshaping how work gets done. AI is disrupting tasks, shifting responsibilities, and widening the talent-skill gap. Legacy, job-based models are no longer enough to manage this complexity.

Draup’s AI-driven Skills Architecture Framework enables enterprises to:

Prioritize Skills Over Roles

Move from rigid job titles to adaptable, skills-based models aligned with how work actually happens.

Pinpoint Gap Analysis

Break down tasks and map them to skills to identify precise capability gaps.

Plan for AI-Readiness

Forecast future skill needs and align your workforce strategy with evolving demands.

Avoid Costly Missteps

Prevent premature layoffs and failed reskilling by basing talent decisions on real data.

Build the future of work by mapping modular tasks to a rich, AI-powered skills taxonomy.

Key Components of Draup’s Skills Architecture Framework

Workload Mapping & Transformation

Breaks down job descriptions into AI-disrupted vs. human-led tasks, giving you clarity on what to automate, augment, or upskill.

Skills Taxonomy Development

Creates contextual, role-specific skill frameworks tailored by job family, domain, and industry.

Benchmarking & Gap Analysis

Uses real-time labor intelligence to compare your internal talent capabilities against industry peers and AI-driven job demands.

Integration & Monitoring

Delivers API and data feed integrations into your existing LMS, HRIS, or ATS; ensuring your talent systems stay updated and skills-aware.

Enterprises do extraordinary things with Draup

Real stories. Real Success.
With the insights provided by Draup, we have been able to adjust our approach to recruitment and location selection, empowering our business leaders to make informed decisions. This has not only optimized our talent acquisition processes but also opened up opportunities for making diverse hires in locations we had not previously considered.
Jennifer Basdekis
Staff Talent Intelligence Consultant
Every business leader is trying to understand how AI will transform its workforce, and this means jobs, roles, skills, and systems. Etter from Draup is one of the most advanced, groundbreaking tools I've seen, to help leaders, managers, and HR professionals quickly understand how to redesign jobs to leverage AI.
Josh Bersin
Founder and CEO
Draup’s Ecosystem feature significantly reduces our research time, allowing for quicker access to actionable talent insights. Now, with everything consolidated under one platform, we can easily explore ecosystems in any location. This efficiency drastically speeds up research that would otherwise take days.
Sam Fletcher
Head of Talent Intelligence
Discovering the world of business talents worldwide. Supplies knowledge about global talent status and search trends.
Vincenzo Cozzolino
Head of People Strategy & Governance

How Draup accelerated Paypal’s talent intelligence with a skills-first approach

Paypal wanted to align workforce strategy with comprehensive skills analysis, skills mapping and adjacency, and skills evolution. Draup’s skills-first approach enabled Paypal to identify, attract, and retain the right talent. The platform enhanced reporting capabilities and reduced research time for efficient workforce planning and talent acquisition.

Download Case Study

Unparalleled global labor & market data

GRANULAR
AI-enabled data updated continuously, historically available, and regionally relevant.
ACCESSIBLE
Data exchange and APIs, platform or a combination.
PROPRIETARY
Unique taxonomies and methodologies providing insights that drive proven results.
800M+
Professionals
18K+
Skills
185K+
University Professors
1B+
Job Descriptions
33
Industries
1000+
Custom Talent Reports
40K+
Courses
800M+
Professionals
18K+
Skills
185K+
University Professors
1B+
Job Descriptions
33
Industries
1000+
Custom Talent Reports
40K+
Courses
3100+
Roles
5700+
Locations
54K+
Universities
1.5M+
Peer Group Companies
4M+
Career Paths
100+
Labor Databases
3100+
Roles
5700+
Locations
54K+
Universities
1.5M+
Peer Group Companies
4M+
Career Paths
100+
Labor Databases
GRANULAR
AI-enabled data updated continuously, historically available, and regionally relevant
ACCESSIBLE
Data shares and feeds, software, professional services, or a combination
PROPRIETARY
Unique taxonomies and methodologies providing insights that drive proven results