Skill Up. And take control of your career.

Assess your skills. Understand where you are, and where you want to go.

Every smart career move starts with clarity.

Most professionals have a sense of what they’re good at. Fewer have a structured, objective view of their capabilities, and even fewer have mapped those capabilities against where they want to be next.

That’s where mySFIA comes in.

Built on the world’s leading digital skills platform called SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age), mySFIA is a skills assessment and development platform that can help you realise your potential. 

mySFIA allows you to assess your current skills and capabilities in a meaningful, industry-aligned way. It gives you a clear picture of your strengths, your gaps, and your readiness for different roles.

But the real value comes when you take it one step further.

Use mySFIA to assess yourself against:

• Your current role, to understand where you’re strong and where you can improve
• Your next role, the promotion, project, or responsibility you’re aiming for
• Your dream role, the longer-term ambition that motivates you

Once you can see the gap between where you are and where you want to be, you’ve already taken the first step towards closing it.

If you haven’t revisited mySFIA recently, now is the time. Roles evolve. Responsibilities shift. And your aspirations grow with experience.

Grow your capabilities. Build the skills that unlock new opportunities.

Once you’ve identified your skills gaps, the next step is straightforward: start closing them.

One of the great advantages of ACS membership is that it connects insight directly to action.

Through mySFIA’s integration with the ACS Learning Accelerator, you’ll receive personalised learning recommendations tailored to your assessment. This means you’re not guessing what to learn next, but you’re focusing on what will actually move you forward.

From there, you can build out a development plan that fits your goals and your schedule.

That might include:

• Online learning through the ACS Learning Accelerator, covering technical, leadership and emerging skills

• ACS Learning and Development courses to deepen your expertise

• Professional development events, webinars and Industry Insights sessions

• Mentoring, peer networks or ACS Technical Advisory Boards

Focus on learning the capabilities that will have the biggest impact on your career trajectory. The skills that align with where the market is heading. The areas that position you for greater responsibility, leadership or specialisation.

Many members find it useful to set simple checkpoints, quarterly or even monthly, to stay on track. Because growth doesn’t happen in one big moment. Growth happens through consistent, focused progress.

And right now, with so much change happening across the sector, those who invest in growth are the ones who create their own opportunities.

Certify your achievements. Show the value of your skills and experience.

In today’s tech sector, trust matters more than ever. Employers, clients and stakeholders want clear signals of capability, professionalism and accountability.

That’s where ACS certification comes in.

ACS Certification, whether as a Certified Technologist (CT) or Certified Professional (CP), provides a trusted benchmark for your skills, experience and ethical practice. It shows that you meet recognised industry standards and can be relied on to deliver.

For many members, certification leads to:

• Greater trust from leaders and clients

• Increased responsibility or leadership opportunities

• Stronger positioning in the job market

• More confidence in performance reviews and career conversations

Alongside certification, ACS SFIA Digital Badges offer a flexible way to showcase specific skills and capabilities as you develop them.

These micro-credentials are:

• Aligned to SFIA

• Independently verified

• Designed to reflect real, in-demand skills

In a fast-moving market, the ability to demonstrate your capabilities clearly and credibly can be the difference between being considered and being chosen.

Certification isn’t just a reward. It’s a signal. And that signal opens doors.

Skill Up. Turn your ambition into action.

Skill Up month is designed to help you take control of your professional development in a rapidly evolving tech sector, where new opportunities are emerging.

• Assess your current skills against your future ambitions

• Grow your capabilities through targeted learning and development

• Certify your achievements with credentials that carry weight

That’s how you move from where you are today to where you want to be next.

And importantly, you don’t have to do it alone. ACS has been supporting tech professionals for 60 years, sharing knowledge and expertise to build a community of tech leaders. The tools are there. The pathways are clear. The opportunity is real.

Take the next step

If you’re ready to take control of your professional growth, here’s what we urge you to do:

• Start your mySFIA skills assessment

• Identify your next move, and begin building towards it

• And when you achieve growth, certify it

New skills don’t just improve what you do. They unlock what’s possible.

Start your skills assessment using mySFIA or join ACS and develop your professional and personal growth.