Why You Can’t Hire for Skills Without a Skills-Based Culture

To show results, skills-based talent practices require organizational culture shifts and a long-term commitment.

Skills-based hiring has, in some ways, become a victim of its own success. The approach was touted as a solution to what employers perceived as endemic talent shortages, expanding the aperture for businesses that were hungry for talent but struggling to fill the most in-demand roles. Unsurprisingly, it led to pronouncements by CEOs, governors, and U.S. federal agencies that called for the removal of degree requirements for many roles. But only a few short years after the governors of Colorado and Maryland led the way in embracing skills-based hiring, the inevitable happened: Initial research findings indicated that skills-based hiring initiatives were failing to live up to proponents’ lofty expectations.

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Why You Can’t Hire for Skills Without a Skills-Based Culture

The shift to a skills-focused hiring approach requires a cultural transformation and consistent, long-term effort.