B
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70%
70% -- employers using skills based hiring for Employers hiring for entry-level roles (2026)
70% of employers use skills-based hiring for entry-level roles.
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Value
70%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
NACE
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Tier C
https://www.openbadges.me/post/70-of-employers-now-use-skills-based-hiring-how-digital-badges-help-y… ↗
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70% of Employers Now Use Skills-Based Hiring — How Digital Badges Help Your Graduates Stand Out
70% of Employers Now Use Skills-Based Hiring — How Digital Badges Help Your Graduates Stand Out
Here is a number every programme leader, careers director, and senior educator should have pinned to their wall: 70% of employers now use skills-based hiring for entry-level roles. That is up from 65% jus…
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NACE
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NACE Job Outlook 2026 survey, as cited by openbadges.me
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Employers hiring for entry-level roles: 70% employers using skills based hiring. Source: NACE (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/employers-skills-based-hiring-2026
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