Job adverts ask for AI skills, but a claim on a CV is hard to trust. The Institute of AI (IoAI) issues AI accreditation that is publicly verifiable, so a candidate can prove their level and a hiring manager can confirm it in seconds. It is a credential you can specify in a job advert and check for yourself.
The same accreditation lets a candidate prove their standard and an employer specify and confirm it. That is what makes it a credential employers recognise rather than a badge only its holder understands.
A line on a CV that says "strong AI skills" tells a hiring manager nothing they can check. An accreditation from the Institute of AI does, because it comes with a public record anyone can open.
You can ask for a level in the advert and shortlist against it, then confirm any applicant in seconds. No emailing a training provider, no taking a claim on trust.
Verification is not a phone call or a reference chase. A candidate earns a level, shares a public link, and an employer confirms it themselves.
A candidate is assessed against the published competency framework and awarded a level, from Student to Associate, Professional, or Fellow.
Every accreditation comes with a public record and a badge that goes on a CV, a LinkedIn profile, or an email signature.
A hiring manager opens the link, sees the level and that the credential is active, and knows it is genuine without contacting anyone.
Illustrative record. Names are shown on real credentials.
The Institute of AI accreditation (Professional level) preferred.
IoAI accreditation at Associate level or above, publicly verifiable.
Because every level maps to the same published framework, both your applicants and your own hiring team read the requirement the same way. When a candidate applies, the badge on their profile links straight to the public record, so screening a shortlist takes seconds rather than a round of emails.
A credential is only useful to an employer if it is independent, defined, current, and checkable. IoAI accreditation is built to be all four.
The standard is set by the UK's professional body for AI, independently of any tool vendor and with no pay to play. The credential means the same thing whoever makes the tools a person happens to use.
Every level maps to the IoAI competency framework, so a title corresponds to defined, public criteria rather than a course certificate.
Annual continuing professional development keeps an accreditation active, so a verified status means current standing, not a historic pass.
Every credential has a public record anyone can check. No account, no request form, no waiting on a reply to confirm it is real.
Candidates: get accredited and prove your level. Employers: specify the Institute of AI accreditation in your next advert and confirm it in seconds.
Specify a level, screen against it, and verify applicants from a public record. How IoAI supports employers.
The level most working practitioners aim for, assessed against the published competency framework.
How independent, publicly verifiable AI accreditation works in the UK, and who it is for.
