SHRM Report: Survey Finds a Rise of Alternative Credentials in Hiring

Increasingly, U.S. workers are turning to alternative credentials to enhance and demonstrate skills and work-readiness, according to new research from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), made possible by a grant from Walmart to the SHRM Foundation. SHRM's new reports, The Rise of Alternative Credentials in Hiring, released today along with Making Alternative Credentials Work: A New Strategy for HR Professionals, found that nearly half of U.S. workers (45%) say they have some form of an alternative credential. Among those who don't, about half (49%) have considered earning one.

https://www.shrm.org/about-shrm/press-room/press-releases/pages/shrm-report-survey-finds-a-rise-of-alternative-credentials-in-hiring-.aspx