For many roles at Walmart’s corporate headquarters, applying for a job is about to require one less thing on your resume: A college degree. The retail giant said Thursday it plans to rewrite hundreds of job descriptions so that for many of its...
If you are involved in workforce development in Alabama, you have been hearing about Alabama's Talent Triad. In episode 37, we dig deeper into the Talent Triad with Gregory DiDonato of EBSCO Information Services, the company building the software in...
Siloed and disjointed workforce development ecosystems can’t keep up with the dynamic needs of today’s economy. Isolated departments across government, business, nonprofits and academia are sometimes too slow to adapt to new workforce needs or to...
Florida and Georgia recently made...
The tight labor market of the last few years has spurred employers to rethink the way they screen job applicants, and some, like Kellogg’s...
For most of the past two decades, American employers have relied on bachelors degrees to determine whether a candidate’s resume warrants consideration to move forward in...
State leaders across various sectors discussed the future of a sustainable workforce pipeline on Aug. 23 at a panel hosted by UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.
The panel, “Seeking a New Labor Market...
The skills-first revolution is in full swing, as a growing number of states and big companies are dropping degree requirements and trying to hire based on skills.
The shift is about equity and the bottom line. Employers are struggling to retain...
Alabama goes big with its Talent Triad, an ambitious attempt to connect jobseekers and employers based on skills. The state’s newly launched suite of tools could be a...
Introduction
Over 92 percent of all jobs require digital skills, but approximately one-third of workers don't have the foundational digital skills necessary to qualify for these jobs.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Center for Workforce...