Removing degree requirements and centering skills-based hiring widens employers' talent pools and Black job seekers' access to technology careers¶

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q2 i? By removing degree requirements and centering skills-based hiring, employers gain access to a wider and more diverse talent pool while Black job seekers gain increased access to enter and traverse the technology field. → skills-hiring

Evidence¶

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Carter, B., Shah, Z., Tinsley, B., LeGrand-Dunn, J., Luke Luna, C. (2023, August). Understanding the supports and skills that enable successful pathways for Black learners and workers into non-four-year degree technology careers: A landscape scan. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/189

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In its postsecondary key recommendations, the scan states that "removing degree requirements and centering skills-based hiring processes" benefits both employers and Black job seekers, citing companies such as IBM and Accenture as having the lowest prevalence of degree requirements for IT occupations. No effect size is printed.

"By removing degree requirements and centering skills-based hiring processes, employers gain access to a wider and more diverse talent pool, and Black job seekers simultaneously gain increased access to opportunities to enter and traverse the technology field."

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