From the course: Building a Data-Driven Skills-First Workforce Strategy
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How can skills improve diversity, equity, and inclusion?
From the course: Building a Data-Driven Skills-First Workforce Strategy
How can skills improve diversity, equity, and inclusion?
- Did you know that several large organizations have moved to skills-based hiring as a way to improve their diversity representation? If that doesn't immediately seem intuitive, you are not alone. I felt the same when I first saw the headlines. Between 2017 and 2019 employers reduced degree requirements for 46% of middle-skill positions and 31% of high skill positions. In addition to removing four year degree requirements to reduce barriers for candidates to apply, paying further encourages organizations to conduct interviews based on skills. With the steady rise of coding boot camps and other online learning resources for skills that did not exist 5 or 10 years ago, it isn't surprising to see companies removing the degree requirements. Instead of assuming candidates with a bachelor's degree have the right skills to perform, companies can use skills-based hiring to find candidates who can perform with or without a bachelor's…
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