Bridging the Skills Gap: How AI-Powered Learning Platforms Can Keep Your Workforce Ahead

When it comes to skill gaps, every headline seems to sound the alarm. Businesses struggle to find the talent they need while automation is transforming industries at a pace that’s hard to keep up with.

Meanwhile, HR and L&D teams are under increasing pressure to build and sustain a high-performing workforce and that pressure isn’t showing any signs of easing. In fact, according to the World Economic Forum, by 2025, 50% of all employees will need reskilling due to artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. As per another LinkedIn study, since 2015, the skills required for roles have shifted by 25%, and this is projected to escalate to 65% by 2030.

I know these numbers and trends feel overwhelming, but you can take a deep breath because there is a silver lining!

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The good news is that these pressures have prompted organizations to turn inward and focus on bridging the skill gaps by upskilling and reskilling their existing workforce. This shift has also led to increased investment in employee development. Even so, many L&D programs still fall short of the efficiency and impact that business leaders aspire to achieve.

In part, this is because even in 2025, many organizations aren’t leveraging learning platforms and tools—especially Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Experience Platforms (LXP) to their full capacity to close critical skill gaps.

Upgrading Your Learning Platform in 2025: Key Considerations for Closing Skill Gaps:

Closing skill gaps starts with measuring and managing employee capabilities effectively. And that is a key function offered by platforms like LMS and LXP.

Unfortunately, many companies are still using legacy platforms that struggle to meet modern demands for automation and efficiency. These outdated systems fall short when it comes to keeping pace with the evolution of skills and workforce needs.

Upgrading to a modern, AI-powered LMS/ LXP is no longer optional, it’s a necessity if you want to streamline data management, eliminate inefficiencies and bridge the skill gap in your workforce effectively.

In fact, AI-driven learning platforms have the power to transform skill development in ways we could only dream of a few years ago. By incorporating these tools into your learning and development strategies, you can significantly improve how you assess, manage, and cultivate your workforce skills.

If you are looking to upgrade your learning platform in 2025 to effectively close skill gaps, ensure your LMS/LXP enables you to achieve the below:

1. Transform Skills Assessment

Conventional skills assessments often fall short due to their generic, one-size-fits-all design. Integrated with AI, modern LMS and LXP platforms revolutionize this process by delivering dynamic, personalized assessments. These platforms analyze data from various sources, tailoring evaluations to individual employees’ knowledge, skills and career trajectories.

With AI-powered real-time skills assessments embedded in your LMS or LXP, you can leverage advanced analytics to evaluate learner performance continuously. This enables accurate measurement of progress, offering actionable insights into employee development needs and creating a genuine skills-based approach to workforce management.

2. Maximize the Power of Integrations

Your learning platform can no more operate as a standalone, siloed platform. Instead, it should act as the central hub of your L&D initiatives. By integrating the learning platform with your other enterprise tools and HR systems, you can unlock powerful synergies that streamline processes, reduce administrative complexity and enhance both employee and organizational outcomes.

Your LMS/LXP must offer a single login system that connects your employees to every relevant application within your ecosystem—whether it’s compliance training, professional development courses, benefits portals or payroll systems.

From a skills gap perspective, this integration is a game changer. It enables real-time identification of reskilling and upskilling opportunities and empowers your organization to proactively address gaps for a more capable, future-ready workforce.

3. Enhance Talent Management

With AI-driven tools integrated into your LMS and LXP, you can take talent management in your organization to go beyond just recruitment.

For instance, consider AI-driven FRAC (Functional Role Alignment and Competency) modeling tools. These are reshaping how organizations approach job descriptions, key result areas (KRAs), and competency frameworks. They can enable companies to move away from traditional recruitment models that focus primarily on past experiences and qualifications. Organizations can now prioritize the specific skills required for a role, enhancing their ability to match the right talent to the right opportunities.

Additionally, incorporating a skills taxonomy approach with the help of LMS and LXP can enable recruitment and employee development that is based on a dynamic, skills-first perspective. By evaluating employees or potential candidates based on their capabilities rather than relying solely on previous job titles, your organization can create more effective talent pools and more accurate talent acquisition strategies.

4. Enable Learning in the Flow of Work

AI-powered LMS and LXP make it easier for employees to access relevant learning resources exactly when they need them, providing just-in-time (JIT) learning that enhances both the effectiveness and timeliness of skill acquisition.

These platforms also enable employees to access targeted, bite-sized learning content while they are immersed in their daily tasks. This “learning in the flow of work” ensures that employees can immediately apply new skills in real-time which increases the relevance and retention of the training.

AI LMS and LXP also facilitate On-the-Job Training (OJT), integrating learning with real-world applications. This approach allows employees to learn directly through hands-on experiences, while their progress is tracked and managed within the system. Additionally, AI chatbots can provide real-time assistance and answer queries, making learning more efficient and contextual.

5. Empower Employees Through Personalized Training

Today, employees don’t just acknowledge information, they need to absorb, understand, and retain it. AI-powered LMS and LXP play a critical role in achieving this by offering personalized, engaging and relevant learning experiences that meet employees on their own terms.

They make it possible to tailor learning paths to individual needs, ensuring that employees receive the content they need, when they need it, and in a format that suits their learning style. With flexible learning options that allow employees to learn at their workstation, on a mobile device, or remotely, LMS and LXP help build a culture of continuous skill development.

Has Your Learning Platform Evolved Alongside Your Organization?

Bridging skill gaps requires putting employees first by offering learning experiences that are accessible, personalized, and engaging.

This year, if you are planning to invest in a new learning platform or upgrade your existing one, you are surely thinking from a long-term perspective. This means your platform has to be flexible and capable of evolving with your organization’s changing skill needs.

At Enthral, we offer learning platforms and tools that adapts seamlessly to your business’s unique challenges, in turn, ensuring you stay ahead in the skills race.

Let’s connect to discuss how we can support your organization’s growth and help you bridge skill gaps effectively.