Merck's Skills-First Program: Empowering Talent Without Degrees | Career On Purpose


10/09/2024


The premiere episode of Career On Purpose, a new podcast from Merck, presents an insightful discussion about the company's groundbreaking "Skills-First" initiative. This program focuses on attracting, developing, advancing, and retaining talented individuals without four-year degrees. In this episode, Ngozi Motilewa, the enterprise HR lead for Merck's Skills-First Diversity Talent Initiative, explains the program's origins, operations, and impact, while Robert Roberson, an enterprise shared services manager at Merck, shares his personal experience and emphasizes the crucial role mentorship played in his rise to leadership within the program.
 
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