This article was originally published at The Human Resource Executive by Dawn Kawamoto.
Call it the perfect storm rolling across the talent acquisition landscape: Employers are increasingly moving away from requiring job candidates to hold a college degree, as some seek a more diverse candidate pool. It’s a storm that continues to build as HR leaders brace for a disruptive trend that will result in new models for talent assessment, according to a survey released Thursday by Gartner’s software and services advisory firm Capterra.
According to Capterra’s survey of 300 U.S. recruiters, 41% said their employers have dropped degree requirements. Meanwhile, the nation is facing a steep drop in applications for college enrollment, a trend that began several years ago, and can ultimately contribute to fewer job candidates with a bachelor’s or associate’s degree, according to a Fortune report.
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How, then, is HR evaluating candidates’ experiences?
Instead of college degrees appearing on resumes, increasingly, job applicants are listing professional and training certifications and even digital badges. And this presents challenges for TA and HR leaders, who need to create new models for collecting, evaluating and verifying certifications and other alternative credentials, Brian Westfall, a principal HR analyst for Capterra, tells HRE.
This shift is nearly on par with the disruption HR experienced with the move to remote and hybrid work at the start of the pandemic, he notes.