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How Removing Some Requirements from Your Job Descriptions Can Lead to More Inclusive Hiring

Linkedin Talent Blog

LinkedIn can provide one answer to what it might look like because we ran an innovative pilot program in which we hired 13 customer support consultants by removing the basic qualification — 2+ years of customer service experience on email, chat, and phone — from the job description and focused on skills rather than experience or education.

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A Skills-First Hiring Pilot Showcases How Companies Can Give Every Candidate a 'Fair Shot'

Linkedin Talent Blog

LinkedIn can provide one answer to what it might look like because we ran an innovative pilot program in which we hired 13 customer support consultants by removing the basic qualification — 2+ years of customer service experience on email, chat, and phone — from the job description and focused on skills rather than experience or education.

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How LinkedIn’s Skills-Based Hiring Pilot Delivered Jobs to Workers Who Didn’t Meet Basic Qualifications

Linkedin Talent Blog

Through this innovative pilot program, the company has hired 13 customer support consultants by removing the basic qualification — two-plus years of customer service experience on email, chat, and phone — from the job description and focusing on skills rather than experience and education. And that has definitely happened.”.

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How a New LinkedIn Hiring Initiative Takes 'Skills Not Schools' to Heart and Eliminates Basic Qualifications

Linkedin Talent Blog

Through this innovative pilot program, the company has hired 13 customer support consultants by removing the basic qualification — two-plus years of customer service experience on email, chat, and phone — from the job description and focusing on skills rather than experience and education. And that has definitely happened.”.

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9 Need-to-Know Recruitment News Stories – 21st September 2015

Social Talent

What this means for you: Social media is now officially as important as job boards when it comes to recruiting, so you need both a presence on and a strategy for social talent acquisition. Once hired, brand ambassadors go to events in their city, such as fashion shows and grand openings, and spread the word of Absolut.