GALWAY, IRELAND – 2026-01-22
Alison closed 2025 with over 500,000 completions of its Workplace Personality Assessment worldwide. The milestone reflects growing adoption of Alison’s psychometric tools, which help Learners understand their strengths, work styles, and professional behaviours.
As career paths become less linear and workplaces continue to evolve, professionals are seeking practical self-awareness to guide career decisions. The assessment helps people identify role alignment, preferred working environments, and clear development priorities that support stronger professional outcomes.
Why Behavioural Insight Is Now a Career Advantage
Across industries, Learners are navigating a labour market where job requirements and expectations are changing rapidly. Research from Deloitte shows that 87% of workers believe human skills such as adaptability, communication, and leadership are essential to career advancement, pointing to a growing emphasis on how people work, not just what they can do.
In this environment, career progress depends on more than technical ability. It is shaped by how individuals communicate, collaborate, manage change, and stay motivated at work. Tools that build self-awareness help professionals understand these behaviours, develop confidence, and make more informed career decisions. They also enable people to clearly articulate their strengths during job searches, interviews, and workplace conversations.
From Learning to Career Confidence
Surpassing over 500,000 completions highlights a growing shift in how professionals are approaching career development. Understanding how one works, communicates, and responds to challenges is becoming just as important as acquiring new skills.
By supporting greater self-awareness alongside learning, Alison is empowering Learners to make more informed career decisions, identify suitable pathways, and present their strengths with confidence. This approach reflects a broader focus on preparing people not just to learn, but to also navigate assessments, workplaces, and long-term career progression with clarity and purpose.
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Beyond thousands of free courses, Learners can explore Alison’s full career toolkit. This includes psychometric assessments such as the Workplace Personality Assessment, Aptitude Tests covering Verbal, Numerical, and Abstract reasoning, a Mental Wellbeing Assessment, and an English Proficiency Test. Other practical tools like the Career Ready Plan and Resumé Builder further support the transition from learning to employability.
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About Alison
Alison is a global leader in free online learning and skills development. With over 50 million registered Learners across 193 countries (as of October 2025), Alison empowers individuals, communities, and organisations to upskill quickly and effectively – at zero cost.
The Alison platform provides immediate access to over 6,000 free, CPD-accredited courses, covering essential areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing, Project Management, Business Operations, Healthcare and Sustainability. Courses are created by a mix of independent experts and global leaders, including IBM, Stanford and Microsoft.
For organisations, Alison offers a Free Learning Management System (LMS) that enables unlimited Learners to access thousands of courses with no upfront cost. A premium version with advanced analytics and customisation is also available. Alison's offering includes a full suite of assessments and psychometric tools, including a Workplace Personality Assessment, Mental Health & Wellbeing Assessment, English Language Proficiency Test, as well as Numeracy, Verbal, and Abstract Reasoning tests.
To further support career development, Learners also gain access to a Career Guide, a Resumé Builder, and the ability to study offline through the Alison App.
In 2026, Alison will launch a Global Recruitment Service to directly connect skilled, motivated Learners with hiring employers. The platform is also expanding its reach with multilingual versions, starting with complete Spanish, French, and Hindi offerings – reaffirming its mission to make education accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Founded in 2007, Alison pioneered the concept of free, large-scale online learning and is recognised as the world’s first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platform. Today, its mission continues: to break down barriers to learning, helping people gain skills, build confidence, and improve their lives – no matter where they live or what they earn.
