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The Global Recruiter: Craig Sweeney explores skills-first hiring

April 25, 2024

What is skills-first hiring and why does it matter? For starters, every major industry is facing significant, ongoing skills shortages — making it difficult to plan for the future.

Craig Sweeney, EVP of global strategic talent solutions, explores skills-first hiring in issue 255 of The Global Recruiter's digital magazine.

He mentioned the importance of recruiting talent with the ability to continuously learn and adapt, as it will encourage a workforce that’s more agile and resilient in the face of technological disruption.

Sweeney added this broadened approach benefits organisations’ employees to operate in multiple functions and fill gaps and hard-to-fill areas of the workforce.

Read Craig’s full article in The Global Recruiter's digital magazine here.

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