When you think about what it means to be &ldquo;qualified,&rdquo; where does your mind go? Do you think about someone who has every required skill for the job? Do you picture a candidate that checks a list of boxes to fit a position and nothing else? We believe that&rsquo;s just the start of it.

The idea of a &ldquo;qualified&rdquo; candidate these days is so much different than it may have been in the past. Now it&rsquo;s important to take in a much larger picture when considering someone for the role they&rsquo;re applying for. While it&rsquo;s important to have the baseline skills that a position needs, it&rsquo;s just as crucial to have something of an &ldquo;x-factor&rdquo; on top of that. Take a look at a stay at home mom, for example. Her list of intangibles is every bit as deep and impressive as any of her traditional professional qualifications. There&rsquo;s no doubt that she&rsquo;s mastered budget management or the ability to handle challenging personalities. At CareerCircle, we believe that these are the kinds of skills that should be highlighted and celebrated when representing the workforce.

In most of us, there&rsquo;s hidden potential. Talents that are arguably more beneficial to the role they&rsquo;re after than the standard ones that the job listing may call for. We acknowledge these hidden traits, and look at the entire candidate to present the best, and truest, version of themselves to potential employers. When we pledge to &ldquo;rethink qualified,&rdquo; we&rsquo;re making a promise to challenge a dated process.&nbsp;

For the workforce, we do what it takes to uncover their hidden soft skills, boost confidence, and utilize our training courses to upskill them so that they can feel truly qualified for any role. When it comes to employers, we inspire them to think differently about hiring, to take the entire person into account when choosing the right person for the role. We do this by showing them that when they, too, &ldquo;rethink qualified,&rdquo; they will no longer simply fill in roles, but instead begin to build a longstanding talent pipeline that will actively grow their workforce from within.

We believe qualified talent is where you&rsquo;d least expect it. Whether it&rsquo;s that stay at home mom from above, or a construction worker that has hidden skills that would make them the ideal software engineer, we know that sometimes all they need is a little extra help. We &ldquo;rethink qualified&rdquo; because we want to help more people find their true calling. By putting a little bit of extra thought and heart into it, we can give the workforce, and employers alike, the confidence to achieve something more.

Discover how CareerCircle redefines ‘qualified’ by highlighting hidden skills and fostering true potential in candidates.

Rethink Qualified: Creating a More Well-Rounded Workforce

When you think about what it means to be “qualified,” where does your mind go? Do you think about someone who has every required skill for the job? We believe that’s just the start of it.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Picture a six-foot-tall fence. Got it? Great. Now picture three differently sized people trying to look over this fence. One is three feet tall, one four feet, and the last five. They&rsquo;re each handed a block that&rsquo;s the same size to peer over the fence. See the problem? Only the five-foot person will be able to use the block, their provided resources, to get a look over the fence, while the other two will be left short. While the intention was there to give them help, this approach ended up actually serving just one of them. This is the difference between equality and equity.
<b style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All things aren&rsquo;t equal, so this one-size-fits-all approach will always come up short for upskilling people. It&rsquo;s important to make sure that training (our fence block) is available to everyone, but that&rsquo;s not enough these days. We have to go the extra mile to bring equity into the equation. For those that require extra support, CareerCircle is poised to provide exactly that. While one person may hit the ground running without added guidance, the next may be in need of everything from extra study guides to support and technical resources. Even more important to keep in mind is that this by no means signifies that a person lacks ability, but simply that they may need more support. Our process was designed to support people in ways that actually benefit them.
<b style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The final piece of the equity puzzle comes through advocacy. After enabling a candidate through greater resources and training that suits their individual needs, it&rsquo;s important to put that same level of effort into representing them as an individual with unique skills. Upskilling can only go so far, and it&rsquo;s really brought to life when a candidate is presented as a whole individual, with unique passions, experiences, and skills that can be applied to their career. Our mission is to treat and represent our candidates as more than their resume when we go to work on finding them the career of their dreams.
<b style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our talent pipeline is filled with qualified candidates from all backgrounds. Focusing on the difference between equality and equity allows us to fight for underrepresented talent with purpose, and help create a workforce built for the future that lies ahead.

Focusing on the difference between equality and equity allows us to fight for underrepresented talent with purpose.

Equity vs. Equality: A Slight, But Crucial Difference in the Workforce

Picture a six-foot-tall fence. Got it? Great. Now picture three differently sized people trying to look over this fence.

What&rsquo;s the Course For You? The Benefits of Online Certificate Courses
There&rsquo;s no question that one of the best things you can do for your career right now is to upskill. And when we say right now, we mean right now, because it&rsquo;s never been easier to gain access to online certificate courses. These courses allow you to get certified in the best path for you from the comfort of your own home. With so many courses to choose from, it can be hard to decide which is the right one for the future of your career. Let&rsquo;s take a deeper dive into three of the most popular courses that can have you upskilling in no time.

Salesforce Administrator
Experience Level: Beginner
For those looking to get a foot in the door in a booming position, <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/course/3351b278-bdf8-404b-bc25-2c934f25a414">our Salesforce Trailhead Virtual Bootcamp for Administrators</a> is the perfect place to start. This is a course for those who do things with a touch more efficiency. A Salesforce Administrator is a master of innovation, someone who automates complex business processes and creates reports as the engine of efficiency that every team needs. In just 30 days, this virtual bootcamp can equip you to confidently approach a career that has an average salary of $91,000 and a 400% annual growth rate. Our expert-led program can speed up the next chapter in your career and help you land a position that&rsquo;s only growing more in demand every year.

Google IT Support Professional
Experience Level: Beginner
It&rsquo;s not just the world of Salesforce where you can find an upskilling pathway to success. <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/course/1d274c85-d555-41d2-a098-e11e1193572e">Our Google IT Professional Certificate Scholarship Program</a> can help you learn all the fundamentals you need to get started. This course is perfect for those that want to kick off their IT career in earnest. Exclusively online, you can bolster your portfolio and signal to potential employers that you have the tools and skills the position requires. By dedicating just 8-10 hours a week to the course, you can emerge with a certificate in eight months with the confidence in knowing that you&rsquo;re ready for this lucrative new field.

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I
Experience Level: Intermediate
Ready to crack the code on a more rewarding career? A position as a Salesforce Developer is the way to do just that. This position is perfect for someone who lives and breathes automation and sees every challenge as an opportunity. With an average salary of $108,000, the Salesforce Developer position is booming and it&rsquo;s well within your reach with the right amount of upskilling. <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/campaign/salesforce-dev-ad">Our Salesforce Trailhead Virtual Bootcamp for Platform Developer I</a> is exactly where you need to start. It&rsquo;s a blend of engaging, bite-sized content and live coaching from Salesforce Certified instructors that can help you hit the ground running in your journey towards this rewarding new career. Not only will leave with a 30-day plan to learn what it takes to become a Salesforce Developer, but you&rsquo;ll leave ready to enter a field that&rsquo;s growing every year.

It’s never been easier to gain access to online certificate courses.

The Benefits of Online Certificate Courses

There’s no question that one of the best things you can do for your career right now is to upskill. And when we say right now, we mean right now, because it’s never been easier to gain access to online certificate courses. These courses allow you to get certified in the best path for you from the comfort of your own home.

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Rethink Qualified: Creating a More Well-Rounded Workforce

Equity vs. Equality: A Slight, But Crucial Difference in the Workforce

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