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Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order he hopes will bring in new applicants for government jobs. 

A four-year degree will no longer be required to apply for a majority of jobs at one of Minnesota's largest employers — state government.

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Both states are leveraging digital platforms to centralize job prospects, skills data and educational opportunities in the hopes of creating strong talent pipelines to address job access, training and education barriers for residents.

The term “career pathways” used to evoke very narrow and specific imagery: shop class, vocational education and job training options for kids who weren’t going to college.

But there’s a movement happening in education to transform and modernize...

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For many roles at Walmart’s corporate headquarters, applying for a job is about to require one less thing on your resume: A college degree. The retail giant said Thursday it plans to rewrite hundreds of job descriptions so that for many of its...

There is surging interest in the development and use of non-degree credentials—such as certifications, certificates, and licenses—in the education and workforce communities, with a significant focus on understanding the value and use of these...

If you are involved in workforce development in Alabama, you have been hearing about Alabama's Talent Triad. In episode 37, we dig deeper into the Talent Triad with Gregory DiDonato of EBSCO Information Services, the company building the software in...

Siloed and disjointed workforce development ecosystems can’t keep up with the dynamic needs of today’s economy. Isolated departments across government, business, nonprofits and academia are sometimes too slow to adapt to new workforce needs or to...

It’s not enough for public and private employers to simply drop college degree requirements. State governments have a crucial role in matching workers and employers based on consistently defined competencies.

Florida and Georgia recently made...