Massachusetts focuses on skills-based hiring, eliminates college degree requirements for about 90% of jobs - Fox Business

The State of Massachusetts is eliminating college degree requirements for more than 90% of its job postings, putting more emphasis on skills-based hiring practices. In January, Massachusetts Gov ... Read More

Massachusetts governor leans into the skills-based hiring revolution by axing degree requirements for state jobs. The private sector is up next - Yahoo Finance

On Thursday, Gov. Maura Healey (D-Mass.) signed an executive order to eliminate “unnecessary” degree requirements from most state job listings. Announcing the change in a speech at the Boston ... Read More

1 in 3 companies have dropped college degree requirements for some jobs. See which fields they're in. - CBS News

Gen Z ditching 4-year colleges for trade schools, Wall Street Journal reports 05:18. Some private and public sector employers are eliminating college degree requirements for certain jobs, at a ... Read More

‘Prioritizing what people can do;’ council OKs skills-based hiring ordinance

Over a year after Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order instituting skills-based hiring practices for the state’s workforce, Springfield has just implemented a similar ordinance to promote ... Read More

Skills-Based Hiring Is Hot, but Dropping Degree Requirements Is Just the First Step - Governing

In a recent survey of 2,000 employers conducted by ZipRecruiter, 45 percent said they had removed degree requirements from some jobs over the past year, and 72 percent said that when hiring they ... Read More

Skills-based hiring continues to rise as degree requirements fade

The move opened up 65,000 state jobs that previously required a college degree and meant candidates are free to compete for those positions based on skills, relevant experience, and merit. Read More

Springfield adopts skills-based hiring allowing applicants to substitute experience for degrees

The City Council took a final vote last week to adopt a skills-based ordinance allowing officials in charge of hiring to consider people who do not meet minimum educational standards if they can show ... Read More

We need more skills rather than degree-based hiring practices

Shifting to skills-based hiring and removing the degree ... About 60% of public jobs require a college degree, ... He’s enacted an executive policy to remove college degree requirements ... Read More

Harris touts skills-based hiring for feds on the campaign trail

The current Republican platform does not mention skills-based hiring, although it does include support for “the creation of additional, drastically more affordable alternatives to a traditional ... Read More

Massachusetts governor leans into the skills-based hiring revolution by axing degree requirements for state jobs. The private sector is up next

On Thursday, Gov. Maura Healey (D-Mass.) signed an executive order to eliminate “unnecessary” degree requirements from most state job listings. Announcing the change in a speech at the Boston ... Read More