Degrees good, skills essential – The new validation for today’s workforce

Academic qualifications have been the main form of validation and gatekeeping for employers in their recruitment for as long as we can remember.

And for employees, a good degree has been their passport to a secure, interesting job.

But that is all about to change in the new era of work that we have been thrust into by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The global workforce now finds itself scrambling to adapt not just to the new normal, but to new roles that might not have existed pre-COVID-19.

And with years of digitalization crammed into a matter of months,

businesses are in desperate need of skills to meet the demands of the new digital world –

be it upskilling their current workforce or sourcing new talent with the right skillset.

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