🚪 How skills-based hiring opens doors | Destination South Carolina OoO with Heather Lother

Hey, Welcome Back!

Ever feel like job descriptions are just a list of impossible demands?

The world wants you to believe that hiring is about degrees, job titles, and how well you can talk your way through an interview.

But the opposite is true.

As a job seeker, your best shot at landing an amazing role isn’t about ticking off random boxes - it’s about proving what you can actually do. And the best way to do that is skills-based hiring.

🚧 Traditional hiring = outdated gatekeeping.

It forces you to rely on past experiences instead of your real potential. But skills-based hiring changes that - giving you the chance to PROVE your abilities directly, no matter where you’ve been.

No one knows this better than Heather Lother, VP of Talent & People Ops at Crossover. She was an elementary school teacher before she found us – and realized it was a better path. Heather knows firsthand what it’s like to feel locked out of opportunities just because your resume doesn’t fit the mold.

Instead of waiting for someone to take a chance on her, she found a hiring process that let her show what she could do. Now, she’s on a mission to open doors for others.

This week, I’m in Greenville, South Carolina with Heather Lother, where skills - not resumes - open doors.

Heather didn’t wait for a chance - she proved she deserved it. And now, we’re uncovering how skills-based hiring is fixing broken systems, erasing hiring bias, and exploding opportunity for those bold enough to prove their worth.

🤩 Forget outdated filters - your skills will open doors.

It’s easy to get trapped in a cycle of rejection, where job titles and years of experience decide your fate.

It’s so easy to think, “If they’d just give me a shot, I’d nail this.”

But what if the hiring process let you prove it?

Traditional hiring mistakes:

🐥 Relies on outdated signals like years of experience rather than actual skill

🌱 Assumes past job titles or Ivy League schools translate into job ability

💡 Prioritizes confidence and charisma over proven results

NONE of these = great hires.

Heather threw that whole system away and instead found a hiring process that made sense to her - a highly skilled individual.

It’s a process that doesn’t just benefit job seekers – it also helps companies hire smarter by reducing hiring guesswork.

🌬️ Cutting hiring risks by testing skills up front

💥 Eliminating bias by focusing on real-world ability

⚡️ Giving high-potential candidates a real shot at success

Revolutionary right? If you can DO the job, you can HAVE the job.

Wow!

In this episode, Heather and I dash into the future of hiring - one where skills beat credentials, real ability trumps empty buzzwords, and talent finally gets a fair shot. This one’s packed with insights, laughs, and a few uncomfortable truths.

If you’re tired of resume rejections and want to know how to land jobs based on your mad skills - this is the episode for you.

📽️ This Week on Episode 82:

• Why skills-based hiring is the key to unlocking new career opportunities (no matter your background!)
• Discover how hiring managers reduce bad hires by testing real skills (+which departments are HOT right now)
• Learn how AI-powered assessments are overhauling hiring (Matching the right people with the right jobs)
• See why companies that don’t embrace skills-based hiring are falling behind in the talent race.
• Get the #1 biggest hiring mistake companies make (+how to avoid it to land top jobs)

Worried about taking skills tests?

Look, no one loves a pop quiz - but this one could actually land you a dream job, a transformative career shift and – wait for it – significantly higher pay.

Forget awkward small talk in interviews or trying to make your resume sound fancier than it is. Who has time for that? Just show us what you can do.

Worst case scenario: You get practice. Best case scenario: You get hired.

And nothing is ever the same again.

😊 Enjoy!

Open the door,

Andrew

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