No longer does simply getting a degree guarantee career success; instead, employers are increasingly evaluating candidates based on demonstrable skills—and credentials that prove them. And a new report from Western Governors University released today, shared first exclusively with Fortune, underscores that shift: 86% of employers now see nondegree certificates as valuable indicators of job readiness. According to the school’s president, Scott Pulsipher, technological innovation is making it essential for professionals of all ages to acquire in-demand skills, making lifelong learning increasingly the norm. “The pace of change and the skills required to be highly productive in the world of work, it’s accelerating, meaning it’s just shortening the shelf life of the skills that we have,” Pulsipher told Fortune.
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