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When Hiring, Emphasize Skills Over Degrees

2025/2/26
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Ginni Rometty: 我从小目睹母亲通过学习技能克服逆境，这深刻影响了我对人才管理的理念。在IBM的职业生涯中，我亲身实践并推广了技能优先的理念，这不仅提升了公司多元化程度和绩效，也为更多人创造了机会。技能优先不仅仅是一种招聘策略，更是一种人才培养的理念，它强调培养员工，而不是简单地购买人才。我们需要改变人才管理系统、招聘流程和员工培训，以适应技能优先的理念。我们需要改变对工作的评价标准，关注员工解决问题的能力和学习意愿，而不是仅仅关注学历。技能优先的理念能够打破学历的限制，让更多人才有机会加入职场，并适应快速变化的技术环境。它不仅能提升公司多元化程度和绩效，还能促进社会公平，创造更健康、更公平的社会。 在数字化转型时期，我带领IBM改变了工作方式和技能培养策略，并通过“认知训练营”等项目提升员工技能。我意识到，改变工作方式和培养新技能同等重要，甚至更为重要。我们需要培养员工的设计思维等软技能，并建立透明的技能评估和奖励机制，激励员工持续学习和提升技能。 技能优先的理念与企业社会责任和构建有益的权力相结合，能够促进企业和社会的共同发展。它并非简单的企业社会责任行为，而是企业在商业和社会责任之间取得平衡的体现。企业需要持续平衡不同利益相关者之间的关系，才能长期发展。技能优先的理念正处于这一平衡点上，它对企业和社会都有益。 Alison Beard: 优秀的领导者更看重员工的技能和学习能力，而不是学历。持续学习和提升技能对个人和职业发展至关重要。持续学习和技能优先的理念对构建有韧性的团队和组织至关重要。

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Ginni Rometty's mother, despite lacking a formal degree, instilled in her the importance of acquiring skills to overcome adversity. This early lesson shaped Rometty's approach to talent management, emphasizing continuous learning and skills development throughout her career at IBM. She highlights the importance of soft skills, such as communication, as being equally crucial to success.
  • Ginni Rometty's mother's commitment to education inspired her approach to talent management.
  • Rometty emphasizes both hard and soft skills as crucial for success.
  • Effective communication is a learnable skill, highlighting the importance of continuous learning and improvement.

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The best leaders know that a person’s skillset and their willingness to learn are more important than the degree they have. Ginni Rometty, former Chairman and CEO of IBM, understands this deeply. She spearheaded a company-wide shift to skills-based hiring and development during her tenure.

In this episode, Rometty’shares how her mother’s commitment to education helped her family overcome adversity and inspired her personal approach to talent management. She also discusses why a skills-first mindset is critical to building resilient teams and organizations.

**Key episode topics include: **upskilling, continuous learning, personal growth, organizational culture, talent development, hiring and recruitment, talent management, leadership

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