Looking beyond degrees – the case for competency-based hiring

Recruiters should think twice before requiring a college degree, argues the author of this US article. A skills-based approach to hiring talent can create pathways to a more inclusive recruitment strategy. The technology sector is among the first to embrace this approach.

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Jill Miller, Senior Policy Adviser, Diversity and Inclusion, CIPD

Jill is Senior Policy Adviser for Diversity and Inclusion at the CIPD. Her work focuses on the areas of gender, age and neurodiversity and she has recently led work on race inclusion, managing drug and alcohol misuse at work, and supporting employees through fertility treatment, pregnancy loss and still birth. Earlier in her career, Jill specialised in small business growth through good people management and employee wellbeing.

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