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Generative AI is the major turning point in skills-first hiring, says former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty

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Every great idea has its moment. Really great ideas—like hiring on the basis of skills rather than pedigree—might have two.

That’s what Ginni Rometty, former CEO of tech giant IBM and current chairman of upskilling initiative OneTen, told Fortune last week. Rometty, aside from being IBM’s first female CEO and a top-10 fixture on Fortune’s annual Most Powerful Women list, might be best-known for driving IBM toward a hiring plan that prioritizes skill level ahead of college education or job experience.

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