<ul><li>For skills-first hiring to be successful, employers need to have a clear vision, empower their leaders, and create a supportive budget.</li><li>Cisco shifted from a traditional degree-based hiring model to a skills-focused model, leading to a 96% retention rate among skills-first hires.</li><li>Cisco set a clear vision and values, selected relevant leaders, centralized funding, and built buy-in to support the skills-first hiring program.</li><li>Business Roundtable released skills-based hiring guides to share strategies, as companies struggle to fully implement skills-based hiring.</li></ul>

Clear vision, empowered leaders necessary for skills-first hiring, advocacy group says

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