1 in 3 companies have dropped college degree requirements for some jobs. See which fields they're in.

Mouselemming , 1 hour ago

“We’ve seen larger technology and software companies prioritize skills over degrees because of the speed at which the industry evolves. Often, somebody may have gone to college quite some time ago, so what you learned in college doesn’t necessarily translate to skills that the job market demands,” Nguyen said.

Shift toward skills-based hiring Other industries in which companies are loosening degree requirements for job candidates include finance and insurance, health care and social services, education, and information services and data, according to Intelligent’s report."

partial_accumen , 1 hour ago

“We’ve seen larger technology and software companies prioritize skills over degrees because of the speed at which the industry evolves. Often, somebody may have gone to college quite some time ago, so what you learned in college doesn’t necessarily translate to skills that the job market demands,” Nguyen said.

This has been the case for 30 years. The most basic point of hiring people with degrees were, it was used as a litmus test to see if you could commit to something that is difficult and expensive and follow through for 4 years. The second, and more important, was to help ensure you would get someone that knew how to read, write, analyze, and employ critical thinking.

doubletwist , 2 hours ago

Almost every job I’ve had in the past 30 years ‘required’ a degree but I never had any problem getting hired without any degree.

lemmyng , 2 hours ago

Wherever I worked it was always degree or equivalent experience. A degree just gives you (or used to) a good baseline.

Tja , 3 hours ago

Let me guess, IT

Myxomatosis , 4 hours ago

How many of these companies will use this as an excuse to pay less?

seaQueue , 1 hour ago

Every last one of them