Degrees used to be the default. Not anymore. Here’s why hiring for skills is gaining ground fast: Curriculums lag reality: Even top grads often need serious upskilling. Talent gets missed: Self-taught or vocationally trained people often outperform, but get filtered out. Diversity suffers: Hiring from only top colleges can lead to sameness in thinking—and that's a creativity killer. Degrees ? job-ready: Companies are tired of training new hires from scratch. What skill-based hiring does better: Taps into overlooked talent (especially from smaller cities) Leads to faster onboarding and better fit Helps retain people who actually want the job Cuts bias (you’re judging what they can do, not how their resume looks) Saves time and money How Zecruiters does it: We use practical assessments, human-led interviews, and real-world case studies to filter for true talent. Whether someone has a fancy degree or a killer GitHub repo—we care about impact.