skills-based hiring 2026

The Degree Was Never About Competence

I want to start with something the skills-based hiring discourse consistently skirts around: the four-year degree requirement was never a reliable signal of competence. It was a filtering mechanism for…

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The AI Performance Review Scandal That Wasn’t

In early 2024, directors of engineering at companies like BetterUp started posting their ChatGPT prompts for writing performance reviews on LinkedIn. Not anonymously. Not apologetically. Openly, as productivity tips, as…

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Death by Subscription

I did the audit for the first time properly about eighteen months ago. Not the casual “I should probably check what I’m paying for” scroll through a bank statement —…

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The Resume Myth That’s Costing You Interviews

I spent about three hours rewriting a resume last year based on advice I’d read about ATS compatibility — adjusting keywords, switching to a single-column format, removing a table I’d…