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by Credentials Wave ·NACE's Job Outlook 2026 says 70 percent of employers use skills-based hiring. What the survey measured, how GPA screening changed, and the limits of the data.
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by Credentials Wave ·WGU's second Workforce Decoded survey of 3,128 hiring professionals: AI and skills evaluation, degrees and certificates, for AI in education and work.
Battelle Survey of 3,629 Finds Employers and Educators Split on Workforce Readiness
by Credentials Wave ·Battelle surveyed 3,629 Americans on workforce development and AI. Educators rate curricula far higher than employers do; apprenticeships top the fix list.
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