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In April 2024, SHRM and the SHRM Foundation announced that its new Skills-First Center of Excellence (SFCOE) will launch in early 2025. The goal of SFCOE is to modernize traditional hiring and advancement systems in the U.S. over the next decade, particularly through the adoption of skills-based hiring and advancement. SFCOE’s objectives are to transform hiring and advancement practices for as many as 100,000 employers and 500,000 Human Resources (HR) professionals, managers, and executives. The strategy prioritizes individuals’ skills, talents, aptitudes, and competencies rather than using the traditional sole proxy of college degrees for readiness for employment.
The SFCOE includes four main components:
The Center builds on the SHRM Foundation’s Skills-First at Work initiatives, which play an important role as a convener and catalyst for skills-first practices.
Research conducted by the SHRM Foundation has found that many companies are already turning to skills-first hiring strategies to better meet their talent needs. Research has found that 90% of employers surveyed acknowledge the benefits of skills-first hiring, but only 15% have actively implement skills-first hiring. Three key barriers are impacting the greater adoption of skills-first strategies:
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