The Importance of Skills Over Credentials

If you still think the degrees hanging on your wall, or the official credentials you’ve earned over the years, are the main things influencing your chances of a successful career this year, you may be in for a surprise.  The job market is shifting, forcing employers to value demonstrable skills over traditional credentials when making hiring decisions.

Thanks to rapid technological transformations and changes to roles and responsibilities, traditional credentials are becoming less effective at helping organisations predict long-term candidate success.

Continuous learning, adaptability, and agility are now crucial to career success.  In this guide, we’ll show you how to align your career development strategies with employers' evolving demands and stay resilient in a complicated job market.