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Beyond college degrees: why skills-based, early-career hiring matters.

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Jake Zabkowicz is CEO of Hudson RPO , a global recruiting firm serving all levels of organizations, from entry-level to the C-Suite.

Across the United States, the year's second quarter coincides with graduates who are flipping their tassels and taking the first step into their professional lives. There's increasing competition for these young professionals as employers are eager to leverage the new ideas they can bring. And in times of economic uncertainty, some can argue it’s easier to hire people who are early in their careers, rather than more experienced professionals who require greater compensation. That's often why companies develop early career programs—specialized training for new graduates to help them grow within an organization and become leaders.

But while obtaining a four-year degree is often a must-have for gaining employment, the requirement appears to be diminishing. According to a November 2023 report from Intelligent.com , "45% of companies plan to eliminate bachelor’s degree requirements for some positions in 2024." Of course, there are many industries where a traditional degree is nonnegotiable—think physical therapy or mechanical engineering. But other career paths, like computer programming or some aspects of manufacturing, may be better served by focusing on candidates' valuable skills and offering hiring programs.

Skills-based hiring can be a boon for employers who are seeking to diversify their employee base and attract and retain workers who can provide long-term results.

The Benefits Of Skills-Based Hiring

One noticeable benefit of early-career, skills-based hiring is that it assists in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. New LinkedIn data reveals that a skills-first approach to recruitment can help businesses benefit from more diverse talent pools and a more equitable hiring process. By opening up to workers without bachelor's degrees, candidate pools can increase by 9%. In jobs where women are specifically underrepresented, skills-first hiring can increase the proportion of women candidates by 24% more than it would for men.

When employers focus on skills, it also allows them to widen their lens and connect with professionals from adjacent career trajectories who have transferrable skills. For example, companies might consider product developers for sales positions, coders for technical writing or even people who studied psychology for marketing roles. Bringing on people with diverse educational or professional backgrounds can motivate teams to learn new things by offering new insights into hard-to-tackle challenges and improving communication and collaboration among divisions.

Focusing on skills also allows organizations to be more strategic in their approach to hiring. They may be encouraged to evaluate their current résumé review and interview processes. It can even help with understanding and removing barriers to internal mobility .

3 Skills-Based, Early-Career Strategies To Consider

It’s important for employers to have a focused plan to develop skills-based hiring practices, whether workers are new to the workforce or shifting from adjacent careers. Here are some strategies for setting up this approach.

Internal Certification And Training

More and more, large organizations are implementing their own certificate initiatives and comprehensive skills development as part of their early careers program. This could come in the form of in-depth workshops, like “boot camps,” that offer rigorous training on skills like computer coding and development. This helps employers coach early-career employees on the specifics of how their organization gets the job done.

Professional Apprenticeships

Professional apprenticeships, which have been common practice in other parts of the globe, are making headway here in the United States. These programs are different from internships, which are usually defined as short-term work experiences that put existing skills to use to gain experience. An apprenticeship is an extended initiative to teach skills that will help both the employee and the organization in the long term. Several major organizations, such as Accenture, Airbnb and Google , now offer apprenticeships to help their employees advance.

Rotational Assignments

An important part of early career development is giving newer employees the chance to test out different teams, assignments and possibly even geographies. Rotational assignments are opportunities for professionals to try something they may have never considered, which also gives employers the chance to see where team members will really shine. This creates an environment for the early-career employee to offer the most value and have a better chance to move up within the organization. These assignments also lead to increased employee motivation and satisfaction.

Skills-based hiring is much more than simply searching for résumés that list specific skills. It’s an intentional shift in how companies think about talent recruitment and retention. Talent leaders should ask what skills are needed to be successful and whether their organization has people with those skills. By taking a holistic approach to early career hiring, organizations can accelerate the long-term success of both the individual and the organization.

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Setting up Load-balanced ticket assignment

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With load-balanced ticket assignment, you can define the number of tickets an agent can handle at any given time. This way, you can ensure that your agents aren’t overwhelmed; especially those who already have a lot of pending tickets.

How load-balanced ticket assignment works?

When tickets are assigned to a group, they are assigned to the least loaded agent first and are then distributed to other agents in the group until they reach the threshold you’ve set. Thereafter, tickets are assigned to an agent as and when they resolve one of the assigned tickets.  

While computing the current load of an agent, only tickets with SLA ON status will be considered. Load-based ticket assignment is supported by Omniroute . You’ll be able to set the global limit and the assignment preference under Omniroute. 

Note: If you don’t have the latest version of Load based ticket assignment powered by Omniroute, please write to [email protected]. The older version is no longer supported . 

How is an agent’s load determined?

 An agent’s current load decreases when:

• They resolve a ticket
• They change a ticket from Open to Waiting on Customer (or another SLA OFF status)
• They delete a ticket or mark it as spam

 If a ticket is manually assigned to an agent, the number of tickets assigned to them could exceed their maximum load. 

Let's look at a team where two agents are routed via load-balanced ticket assignment. The maximum number of tickets has been set to 5 tickets per agent.

Note: If a ticket is manually assigned to an available agent, it will be counted as excess and so new tickets won’t be assigned to this agent until his/her number of tickets falls below the set threshold.

For example,   if Dan's already reached his threshold of 5 tickets and is assigned 2 more tickets manually, he will not be automatically assigned tickets until his number of assigned tickets drops below 5.

How to set up load balanced assignments (legacy LBRR)?

• Login to Freshdesk as an Administrator.
• Go to Admin > Team > Groups , and click  Edit next to the group you want to modify.
• Enable Automatic ticket assignment and c hoose Load balanced ticket assignment .

• Click Save .

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Setting up Round-robin ticket assignment

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How automatic ticket assignment through Round-robin works

When tickets are assigned to a group for the first time or reassigned from another group - for example, transactional tickets involving questions on recent orders, FAQs etc. - the Round-robin system will assign them in a circular fashion to the agents who are online in that group. This guarantees that incoming tickets are equitably distributed among online agents, which not only saves you time but lets your agents get to work immediately.

Scenarios where Round-robin ticket assignment can help

• When you have a high volume of incoming tickets, it can be a laborious process to manually assign tickets to online agents. By using Round-robin, each ticket will be automatically allocated to an agent who is online as soon as the tickets enter a group . This will cut down on the time spent assigning tickets, and improve your response and resolution times. 
• Letting agents pick tickets to work on could result in them cherry-picking the easier ones, for example. Round-robin guarantees the fair allocation of incoming tickets to your team. 
• Round-robin prevents  tickets from stagnating  when the supervisor isn't around to assign tickets to the agents in groups. 

Quick guide to setting up automatic ticket assignment through Round-robin

• Log in as an admin

• Use the toggle to enable Automatic ticket assignment .
• Depending on your plan, you'll see options for automatic ticket assignment to choose from.
• Click Save.

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