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Toward a Skills-First Future: OneTen’s 2023 Impact Report

In 2023, we saw significant progress in proving that skills-first hiring isn’t just a viable approach—it’s essential to building resilient businesses and opening doors for skilled talent that has too....

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  • Research Snapshot: Creating Effective Skills-First Job Descriptions: An A/B Test and How-To Guide  

    Research Snapshot: Creating Effective Skills-First Job Descriptions: An A/B Test and How-To Guide In today’s competitive labor market, attracting skilled talent without four-year degrees is more important than ever. As....

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    Research Snapshot: Writing Skills-First Job Descriptions: A Best Practice Checklist 

    Research Snapshot: Writing Skills-First Job Descriptions: A Best Practice Checklist  Writing effective skills-first job descriptions is crucial for attracting top talent without four-year degrees. Our best practices guide, based on....

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    OneTen Featured on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper: Companies Embrace Skills Over College Degrees

    It should be no secret that prioritizing skills over degrees can provide opportunities for talent without college degrees to succeed and may help bridge a significant opportunity gap in our....

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    Research Snapshot: The Benefits of a Skills-First Framework for Internal Mobility

    A new research snapshot from OneTen explores how skills-first approaches to internal mobility benefit both companies and their talent.

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  • Skills-First Pathways: Insights on the Economy, Jobs and Workplace Culture from Black Talent Without Degrees

    In a rapidly changing job market, innovative approaches that prioritize skills over formal education are quickly gaining traction. Our latest research report, “Skills First Pathways: Insights on the Economy, Jobs....

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    OneTen CEO Debbie Dyson discussed Skills-First Hiring on Bloomberg Markets’ The Close

    OneTen CEO, Debbie Dyson, recently joined Romaine Bostick and Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Markets: The Close, to discuss the impact of the May jobs report and the evolving labor market.....

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    Embracing Skills-First Hiring: OneTen Featured in Forbes

    We are thrilled to share that OneTen has been featured in a recent Forbes article Is Skills-First Hiring Set To Be The Future? The article highlights the benefits—and inevitability—of the....

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  • Why Skills-First Hiring is Essential in Economic Uncertainty 

    Economic fluctuations and rising uncertainties in the job market demand a rethink of traditional hiring strategies. In an era where adaptability and resilience are paramount, adopting a skills-first approach to....

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  • OneTen CEO Debbie Dyson Wins 2024 CHIEF Leadership Award as a Skills-First Hiring Advocate

    We’re proud to announce our CEO, Debbie Dyson, has been honored by Chief as a recipient of The New Era of Leadership Awards in the Resilience category as a diversity....

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  • Research Snapshot: Assessing Soft Skills in the Workplace

    A new research snapshot on trends, challenges and recommendations for assessing soft skills to yield more diverse and competent workforces.

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    Embracing A Skills-First Mindset: Insights from Hiring Managers

    Across the country, hiring managers are discovering the many benefits of skills first hiring practices, from employee retention to increased candidate pools. Read the full report on our quantitative survey....

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    OneTen Announces 2022 Impact Report

    When we started OneTen in 2020, we knew that there was power in the collective. We recognized that with the commitments from our more than 30 founding member companies, we....

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