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Degree requirements, skills gaps and the shift to hiring on what people can do: what employers say and what they actually do.
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by Credential Review ·The Labor Department's AI Literacy Framework defines the baseline AI skills workers need in five content areas and seven delivery principles. What each one covers.
Federal Agencies Must Screen Applicants With Job-Specific Tests by December 2027
by Credential Review ·The Chance to Compete Act requires federal agencies to screen applicants with job-specific technical assessments from December 23, 2027, and orders a review of degree rules.
NCEES Adds a Second Ethics Course for PEs and Surveyors, Worth Two Hours
by Credential Review ·Moral Literacy for Professional Engineers and Surveyors is a five-part online course worth two continuing education hours, logged automatically in CPC tracking.
Employers Say AI Makes Real Skills Harder to Judge, WGU's 2026 Workforce Decoded Finds
by Credential Review ·WGU's second Workforce Decoded survey of 3,128 hiring professionals: AI and skills evaluation, degrees and certificates, for AI in education and work.
Battelle Survey of 3,629 Finds Employers and Educators Split on Workforce Readiness
by Credential Review ·Battelle surveyed 3,629 Americans on workforce development and AI. Educators rate curricula far higher than employers do; apprenticeships top the fix list.
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