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Why Canva checks skills passports, not degrees, to grow talent
- Canva, headquartered in Australia, has always taken a skills-first approach but removed four-year degree requirements from job postings a few years ago
- At Canva, employees have skills passports they can use to chart their journey through the company, Head of People Experience Charlotte Anderson told HR Dive
- When hiring and promoting, the company focuses on the value and impact of a worker’s skills versus job titles or years of experience
- Canva uses what it calls its Pathways program, an internal mobility program, to help workers find other opportunities within the company
- For companies new to skills-based hiring, Anderson recommended starting small
- The skills-first approach has helped drive diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Anderson said
- The company received 300,000 applications for its open jobs this year and employs 5,000 people at offices around the world
- The skills passport is a conceptual term the company uses to help workers understand that the more skills they have and the more skills they develop and build, “the more that they will enable you to go on and have amazing experiences and growth experiences” at Canva
- Anderson worked in marketing before moving into a human resources role at Canva three years ago
- The company focuses on transferable skills rather than looking at where candidates went to school or what their previous company was
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