This review of the literature focuses on an increasingly prevalent global phenomenon known as national occupational standards (NOSs). As the term suggests, NOSs present specific information describing the requirements for individuals’ qualifications to enter and perform successfully in a specific occupation. Many countries rely upon information from NOSs as part of their broader workforce development efforts. In spite of their prevalence, there remain critical questions about their eventual adoption by employers, a situation that HRD researchers could potentially help address based on the unique perspective of the HRD field. This paper seeks to review what is known about NOSs, to discuss the challenges related to their implementation at the organizational and national levels, and finally, to propose how HRD researchers, through their unique perspectives, might contribute to addressing the challenges most commonly encountered when implementing NOSs. It is expected that through this greater awareness, HRD professionals might be able to advance the effective use of this important global phenomenon.

这篇文献综述着重于一种日益普遍的全球现象，即所谓的国家职业标准（NOS）。顾名思义，NOS提供了特定的信息，描述了个人进入特定职业并在特定职业中成功工作的资格要求。许多国家依赖NOS的信息作为其更广泛的劳动力发展努力的一部分。尽管普遍存在这些问题，但有关雇主最终采用这些问题的关键问题仍然存在，HRD研究人员可能会根据HRD领域的独特观点来帮助解决这种情况。本文旨在回顾有关NOS的知识，讨论在组织和国家层面实施NOS所面临的挑战，最后提出HRD研究人员如何，通过他们独特的观点，可能有助于解决实施NOS时最常遇到的挑战。期望通过这种更高的认识，人力资源开发专业人员可能能够促进对这一重要的全球现象的有效利用。