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    1 in 700

    Despite the wave of dropped degree requirements, the change showed up in fewer than 1 in 700 hires — only ~97,000 incremental non-degree hires out of ~77 million.

    Source: Burning Glass Institute & Harvard · Skills-Based Hiring: The Long Road from Pronouncements to Practice (2024) [67]

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