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How Many Employers Use Skills-Based Hiring? Reading NACE's Job Outlook 2026 Numbers
by Credential Review ·NACE's Job Outlook 2026 says 70 percent of employers use skills-based hiring. What the survey measured, how GPA screening changed, and the limits of the data.

FE, Experience, PE: The Four-Part Path to an Engineering License, Step by Step
by Credential Review ·The usual route to a PE license runs through an accredited degree, the FE exam, about four years of work and the PE exam. What each step involves and costs.

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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