The 10 Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week

The U.S. government appears to be listening. 

Skills-first hiring has been one of the hottest topics in talent acquisition as of late: The labor market has been steadily moving toward a skills-first model, with roughly one in four U.S. job postings (24%) on LinkedIn no longer requiring degrees, up from 15% in 2020. 

And the shift to a skills-based approach also has new support on Capitol Hill. Last week, a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would expand Pell Grant programs — previously only available to college undergraduates — to a broader range of job seekers enrolled in skills-based programs. Learn more about what’s in the bill and who it might impact by checking out the top spot in our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals.

Elsewhere on the list, read about why we might have been doing employee satisfaction surveys all wrong; learn an easy five-minute hack that could improve your candidate experience; and discover a reason why some remote workers are actually missing their daily commute. 

Here are the must-read articles from this week:

1. Lawmakers Eye a Change That Would Make Skills-Based Training Eligible for Popular Pell Grant Program (HR Brew)

2. Employers Paying Hidden Costs for Recruitment in Tight Labor Market (BenefitsPRO)

3. Why Is Assessing Job Satisfaction So Hard? (The New York Times)

4. Recruitment Team Unwittingly Recommends ChatGPT for Job Interview (Sky News)

5. Will Maryland Be the First State to Adopt a 4-Day Workweek? (Fast Company)

6. Gen Z Still Can’t Make Up Its Mind About Working in the Office (Business Insider)

7. This Easy Hack Can Improve Your Candidate Experience and Make You a Better Interviewer (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

8. ‘Rage Applying’ Isn’t New — But Is It Effective? Here’s What Workplace Experts Say (CNBC)

9. Companies Save Billions of Dollars by Giving Employees Fake ‘Manager’ Titles, Study Shows (CBS News)

10. You Need to Detach and ‘Psychologically Recover’ from Work, Professors Say. The Solution: Commuting (Fortune)

Here is the must-listen podcast:

The Growing Value of TA Operations (Recruiting Future with Matt Alder)

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