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It’s No Surprise That “Skills-Based” Hiring Has Not Worked (www.forbes.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/technology

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This article outlines an opinion that organizations either tried skills based hiring and reverted to degree required hiring because it was warranted, or they didn't adapt their process in spite of executive vision.

Since this article is non industry specific, what are your observations or opinions of the technology sector? What about the general business sector?

Should first world employees of businesses be required to obtain degrees if they reasonably expect a business related job?

Do college experiences and academic rigor reveal higher achieving employees?

Is undergraduate education a minimum standard for a more enlightened society? Or a way to hold separation between classes of people and status?

Is a masters degree the new way to differentiate yourself where the undergrad degree was before?

Edit: multiple typos, I guess that's proof that I should have done more college 😄

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can't count the number of times I've interviewed with a contractor/headhunter and a few minutes in stop them to say "I'm not what you're looking for, here, let me help you re-work those requirements so you'll get the right people to interview".

HR provides those requirements, which just shows how bad HR usually is.

I read about a study years ago showing that hiring via interviews was no better than pulling cards out of a hat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This is an interesting observation.

In theory, the section/department manager should be providing those requirements to HR, not allowing HR to do it for them, right? I have to agree, if companies are letting HR drive the requirements train, it's going to be a poor experience for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Clearly HR didn't talk to the hiring manager, so I put the blame squarely on them. They want to "own" this element of business, they get the blame.

I've never once taken a role that matched much of what the ad said, except for some specialized stuff that no one likes to do.

Then again, what your role becomes is determined by you/your skills and the relationships that develop at work. Even for highly specialized roles, everyone I've worked with brought different perspectives and approaches to the table.