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For most companies skills-based hiring is pretty much all talk, report finds - WorkLife

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In recent years, more companies have promoted skills-based hiring initiatives and stripped college degree requirements from their job postings to widen their talent pool and better diversify their workforces. But many are struggling to actually make good on those plans, according to a new report. About half of employers have continued to hire the same share of workers with degrees even after removing education requirements from job listings, an analysis from the Burning Glass Institute and Harvard Business Review found. And some have even backslid, making initial progress then reverting back to their old ways. “They’ll go for what they think is the safe option in terms of recruitment,” said Cary Cooper, professor of organizational psychology and health at the University of Manchester. For the report, researchers analyzed a sample of over 11,000 roles at firms to find out whether they hired a meaningful volume of new employees without degrees within two years after changing hiring requi

In recent years, more companies have promoted skills-based hiring initiatives and stripped college degree requirements from their job postings to widen their talent pool and better diversify their workforces. But many are struggling to actually make good on those plans, according to a new report. About half of employers have continued to hire the same share of workers with degrees even after removing education requirements from job listings, an analysis from the Burning Glass Institute and Harvard Business Review found. And some have even backslid, making initial progress then reverting back t

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