[Rashputin]

This has far less to do with the changing nature of jobs than with the fact that we no longer produce anything but paper and bits. In addition, requiring a degree is the best way to keep from having someone slap you with a discrimination complaint if they don't get the job they apply for.

After all, why should they be penalized just because they're a black HS grad who reads at the second grade level and some privileged white HS grad reads at the seventh grade level? You should just dumb down the stuff they have to read so they can handle it.

Now, if you require a college degree, odds are everyone applies will at least read at the ninth grade level.

[2ndDivisionVet]

My last “real” job as a staffer at a temp agency within a client’s factory, they were going to pay me about $12/hr. but once they noticed the degree I was raised up to $30/hr. I’m not kidding.