Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention provide for identifying the skills of a candidate, generating and delivering one or more courses for skill development to the candidate, and/or providing certification or other credentials for skills obtained by the candidate via the courses. Identifying the skills may include a server comparing a set of initial skills to a set of requisite skills to identify a set of untrained skills. Generating and delivering courses may include generating a skill path based on the set of untrained skills and delivering course content associated with the untrained skills. Providing certification may include issuing a credential to the user upon determining that the user has successfully completed a course and sending notifications to third party servers and/or a user device indicating completion of the course.