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  • The new labor market: No bachelor's required?

    Lawrence Lanahan

    July 08, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Employers across the United States are dropping the bachelor’s degree requirement from job listings, but workers need an alternative way to build necessary skills. The nonprofit Social Finance helps workers take time for skills training with financial aid for things like child care, rent, and transportation.

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  • What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

    Lawrence Lanahan

    May 04, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    A growing number of companies are eliminating the phrase "bachelor's degree required" from their job postings. The Hechinger Report explores how companies such as Houghton Mifflin have shifted their hiring practices in recent years to emphasize applicants' skills rather than degrees with help from organizations like Resilient Coders, which offer software engineering and web development bootcamps for people of color.

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