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Skills-Based Hiring: What Employers Really Want from New Grads

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The job market is changing. Increasingly, employers are looking beyond traditional hiring practices like GPAs or job titles and focusing instead on skills-based recruitment—evaluating what candidates can do, not just where they’ve been.

At a recent employer panel hosted …

By Emily Flositz

Emily Flositz Career Development Training Specialist

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Whether you are a recent college graduate or simply looking to find a new job, no one really enjoys the job search. Even when the opportunity pops up to apply to your dream job, there’s still some reluctance. The truth …

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Skills-Based Hiring: What Employers Really Want from New Grads