It’s no longer a controversial take. Everyone from former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the chief executives of Microsoft and LinkedIn has extolled the virtue of hiring for skills instead of connections or an Ivy League degree.
Granted, “I want my doctor to go to medical school,” Varoquiers said. “But not all jobs require it. And if we can start to shift to a skills assessment process versus using a degree as a proxy for those skills, we can really change the world for the better.”
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It’s no longer a controversial take. Everyone from former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the chief executives of Microsoft and LinkedIn has extolled the virtue of hiring for skills instead of connections or an Ivy League degree.
Granted, “I want my doctor to go to medical school,” Varoquiers said. “But not all jobs require it. And if we can start to shift to a skills assessment process versus using a degree as a proxy for those skills, we can really change the world for the better.”