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There are signs that companies and other organizations are starting to move toward the recognition of diverse scholastic and other achievements, not just formal academic credentials, in their hiring systems. For example, some companies now set specific hiring criteria, such as qualifications, and no longer ask applicants to name the schools from which they graduated.
Decisions on recruitment criteria and the types of personnel sought are made by companies themselves, of course, but the decisions of companies that attract large numbers of job applicants clearly have a strong influence on people's motivation to learn and on decisions about the content of their learning activities. If companies demonstrate to the wider community that they intend to provide positive recognition of diverse learning experiences and achievements, this will have an enormous impact on public attitudes.
The present upward trend in midcareer hiring may encourage companies to recognize a wide range of abilities, including learning experience, more positively. This would have an extremely beneficial effect on public involvement in lifelong learning. Moreover, companies themselves would benefit, since people would become more creative and acquire more advanced skills. Thus efforts are needed to promote corporate recognition of diverse learning experiences and achievements.
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