Eliminate degree requirements and other credentials that are not necessary for the job to focus on skills and competencies of applicant

Here are some relevant resources to help you with this practice.

Access to roles, Training & advancement
Good Jobs, Good Business: Hiring + Professional Development
Part of a practical toolkit developed to help small businesses create quality jobs that boost their bottom line. This…
- Free tools
Data-driven strategy
Measuring the Impact of Skills-Based Talent Practices
A comprehensive framework that: Guides companies in measuring their rate of adoption of skills-based practices, and the impact of…
- Case studies
Wages and benefits, Training & advancement
Equity & Career Advancement: Insights from Underrepresented Employees
In this report, Grads of Life surveyed nearly 2,000 diverse workers from workforce development program Year Up to understand…
- Research
- Opportunity youth
Access to roles
Dismissed by Degrees
This research from Harvard Business School, Accenture, and Grads of Life explores degree inflation and its hidden costs.
- Research
- DREAMers with DACA Status, Formerly incarcerated individuals, Individuals with disabilities, Opportunity youth, Refugees, Veterans
Access to roles
Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs
Read why some employers are making the choice to eliminate degree requirements.
- Case studies
- Forbes
Access to roles
Skillful
Explore Skillful's skills-based screening and interviewing resources and other free tools for employers.
- Free tools
- Skillful