Fast Company reports that IBM is looking to diversity recruitment and look outside the four-year university degree square.
“IBM’s head of talent organization, Sam Ladah, calls this sort of initiative a focus on “new-collar jobs.” The idea, he says, is to look toward different applicant pools to find new talent. “We consider them based on their skills,” he says, and don’t take into account their educational background. This includes applicants who didn’t get a four-year degree but have proven their technical knowledge in other ways. Some have technical certifications, and others have enrolled in other skills programs. “We’ve been very successful in hiring from [coding] bootcamps,” says Ladah.”
And CNBC reports the same from IBM Chairman, President and CEO Ginni Rometty saying:
“With this drastic shortage of tech workers, the company is now focusing on skills-based hiring rather than credentials to fill these roles.
IBM’s hiring practices are part of a larger trend in the industry. Tech companies like Intel and GitHub have also been seeking talent from other educational avenues, such as coding programs and high school partnerships, according to Fast Money.”