Skills-Based Hiring Is on the Rise

Image: Burazin / Getty Images. Article by Joseph Fuller, Christina Langer, and Matt Sigelman. Harvard Business Review – February 11, 2022.

Summary. Two decades ago, companies began adding degree requirements to job descriptions, even though the jobs themselves hadn’t changed. After the Great Recession, many organizations began trying to back away from those requirements. To learn how the effort is going, the authors studied more than 50 million recent job announcements. The bottom line: Many companies are moving away from degree requirements and toward skills-based hiring, especially in middle-skill jobs, which is good for both workers and employers. But more work remains to be done. […]

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