14/07/2021
Getting Smart - The Rise of Skills-Based Hiring And What it Means for Education
The pandemic broke some old conventions and accelerated other trends. One convention that, for many tech employers, fell by the wayside was requiring degrees for every position. A trend that accelerated during the pandemic was skills-based hiring. For decades, degree requirements have been added to more and more jobs. The degree ratchet increasingly screened out skilled applicants, expanded the opportunity gap, and made upward mobility more elusive.
The rise and need for skill-based hiring is here. This is what it means for education.