Ep 561: Building The Foundations Of Skills-Based Hiring

Having covered both topics extensively on the podcast this year, I'm very much of the opinion that the move towards skills-based thinking will be more disruptive to recruiting norms than the rapid adoption of generative AI.

The adoption of skills-based hiring and the move towards skills-based organizations is still happening slowly. However, as more organizations question blanket requirements for college degrees, new upskilling and reskilling initiatives are emerging that could help move the needle quicker.

My guest this week is Michelle Westfort, Chief University Officer at InStride. InStride works with businesses to use skill-based hiring to expand talent pools by partnering with employers to construct career education paths to provide employees with the skills they need to do their jobs.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Why some employers are moving away from degrees

• Do employers understand skills-based hiring?

• Diversifying talent pools with more equitable hiring processes

• Understanding the skills needed for specific roles

• Just in time, skills development

• Evolving the relationship between Universities and employers

• Deconstructing the degree

• Strategies for long-term professional development

• Mapping education to skills requirements

• What does the future look like?

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