HR Needs to Do More to Promote Skills-Based Hiring

The federal government and business are both making a push on skills-based hiring, where a hiring manager considers a candidate based on their skills instead of relying on an applicant’s educational background. The hiring technique can be useful in today’s job market, where a skills gap exists, and many organizations have trouble finding qualified workers. This is especially true in technical positions, where the skills needed to succeed positions are constantly evolving and many applicants learn skills not through traditional education, but through coding and other bootcamp programs.

The latest episode of FEDtalk titled “Skills-Based Hiring–What it is, How it’s Going, What’s Next?” focused on skills-based hiring and the barriers that exist more than a year after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued guidance on implementing skills-based hiring for the federal workforce.

Joining host Jason Briefel, non-attorney partner and Director of Government and Public Affairs at Shaw, Bransford, & Roth P.C. were Juanita Soranno, edX Vice President of Global Social Impact & Innovation, and Adam Wray, CEO of AstrumU.

Read and listen to the full post here.