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A growing number of employers are shifting from traditional resume-based hiring, with 59% of companies adopting a skill-first approach, a 26% jump from last year, driven largely by AI tools that enable large-scale skill assessments, a report said on Wednesday.

Around 59% companies are following a skill-first hiring approach, marking a 26% increase over last year and a 78% rise since 2022, according to a Skill-First Hiring Report by Equip, an AI-powered skill assessment platform.

This surge has been largely driven by AI tools that make it easier to evaluate real-world skills at scale, replacing traditional resume-based screening, it added.

"The shift to skill-first hiring marks a turning point in ho

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