Skills-Based Hiring
Skills-Based Hiring
Your skills are your greatest asset in the job market. By effectively showcasing them in your resume, cover letter, and interviews, you can craft a compelling narrative that highlights your value to potential employers. Skills-based hiring (SBH) benefits both employers and job seekers. Employers can access a wider talent pool and reduce bias, while job seekers have more opportunities regardless of their education. To succeed in this new landscape, job seekers must effectively demonstrate their practical skills and prepare for a skills-focused hiring process.
As a job seeker, remember to:
highlight the specific tasks you've accomplished
the positive impact you've had on your team or organization
and the measurable results you've achieved.
This will help you stand out from other candidates and land your target job.
“The traditional hiring process, heavily dependent on a candidate’s educational background, is undergoing a transformation. Skills-based hiring (SBH) is taking center stage, prioritizing a job seeker’s demonstrated, acquired abilities over formal academic degrees. This shift is driven by employers with a desire to tap into a wider talent pool, potentially reducing unconscious bias, and ensuring that the most qualified candidate is selected. For job seekers, SBH opens doors, offering opportunities regardless of their educational background – provided they possess the desired skillset. This new hiring strategy requires clients to effectively showcase their transferable skills and prepare for a hiring process focused on practical capabilities.” In my article Skills-Based Hiring: A Game Changer for Job Seekers, I provide actionable steps for job seekers on how prepare for the skills-based hiring process. Here is the link to read the full article.
The article, Skills-Based Hiring: A Game Changer for Job Seekers, by Telma Sullivan, originally appeared in NCDA’s web magazine, Career Convergence at www.ncda.org. Copyright © [October/2024]. Reprinted with permission.
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