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How One Company Used Skills-Based Hiring to Remove the Four-Year Degree Filter
Episode 48 of The Diversity Career Podcast explores how one large consumer goods company—let's call it 'Vertex Goods'—eliminated the four-year degree requirement for all roles in its supply chain division, a move that opened opportunities for thousands of underrepresented candidates. Lucas and Luna break down the specific steps Vertex took: rewiring the applicant tracking system, training recruiters to assess for skills rather than credentials, and creating a parallel assessment pathway for non-degree holders. They also discuss the surprising result: after 18 months, managers…
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