Competency-based interview questions ask candidates to share an example from their past experience that illustrates a specific competency required for the job. The best answers are specific and ...

Small businesses often have a harder time attracting and hiring the best employees for specific jobs when they write traditional task-focused job descriptions in their want ads. Competency-based job ...

In Thomas County, Georgia, students who have struggled in the mainstream have found a home in Bishop Hall Charter School. At Bishop Hall, students master skills at their own speed. Principal Chris ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - As the first baccalaureate program of its kind in the nation, Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s transdisciplinary studies in technology degree offers a unique approach to ...

Competency-based interviews have long been considered a gold standard in hiring, focusing on skills, abilities and behavioral traits rather than solely on resumes. However, with today's diverse, ...

Advocates of competency-based education see it as a way to free students from age-based cohorts and seat-time. But there may be drawbacks to this innovative approach, too. Educators all over the world ...

Possible end game for competency-based education emerges with five new "direct assessment" programs, as foundations and experts discuss how to ensure academic quality. These are heady times for ...