Posted on 11/30/2023 8:19:36 AM PST by Enlightened1
It could also be a recognition that being smart with experience means more than a degree, especially for non-entry jobs.
In my experience it is not uncommon in development or operations where all of the top performers either have a Master’s degree or no degree, and all of the bottom performers have Bachelors degrees (or Master’s).
If they drop the degree requirement, they can use aptitude testing for job applicants.
There a plenty of non university educational opportunities that make non degreed applicants a superior new hire option.
In todays work world job skills trump paper credentials
With what the BS the colleges teach the kids a bachelor degree would be on a par with a criminal record. Now a trade school grad is a different matter
Once upon a time, corporate HR Depts would pull a credit check on new applicants — thought being, if their credit was poor or messed up, that they’d be likely to be distracted and poor employees, or they’d even be motivated to embezzle or even steal from the company. The chains of large student loans might figure into this idea.
I don’t know what curent HR practice is...
They may have included that “reducing inequity” statement only because it has PR value and sounds good to applicants.
I think corporations do simple background checks on previous employment and felonies!! I don’t think they do credit checks any longer!!
With no Batchelors, they can pay such people less while stating those with such degrees are “over qualified so they don’t have to hire them. May favor more guys without degrees than women with such degrees.
There is a large difference between hiring entry-level with degree/no-degree, and blocking advancement/employment for talent with proven ability because of a semi-relevant degree.
My high school diploma is far above ANY damn college degree today!!
More women than men graduating from colleges.
Lots of those women are getting degrees in ‘grievance studies’... Plus colleges are teaching ‘hate American - hate capitalism - love Marxism - be a sexual weirdo...
This might be a smart move on the part of American companies.
College degrees were preventing them from meeting their quotas
I was once ( 1970s) even given a written test on general knowledge — math science, history — when applying to a great corporation for a job. I did well on the test, but didn’t get the job for other reasons — lack of a BS.
It was for a techical job in electronics. (I was an Extra Class Ham, and held an FCC First Class Radiotelephone license, and was a good, practical “solder jockey,” but nothing mattered if no BS.)
I think I’m lucky I didn’t get that job....
Those companies can say whatever they want for PR purposes, but I’m convinced a big factor in this change is that it costs much less to hire someone who doesn’t come with a huge college debt for a useless degree that contributes nothing to the employee’s skill set.
I work part time at Home Depot, they move people up from within if you are a hard worker the sky is the limit, NO college degree required!!!
Good. The bachelor requirement in most places is dumb. The community college my wife works at tried to put that in place for almost all jobs. Which was laughably silly, an institute that only hands out associates degrees demanding their secretaries have bachelors. Pretty much the only thing a bachelors proves is that you can stick to a track for 4 years. Of course in this modern world where you’ve got a better than 50% chance of getting laid off in less than 4 years that’s kind of a silly thing to care about.
Hired a lot of really standout high school grads as interns, got them trained and mentored by our senior engineers and paid for them to go on to obtain advanced education to increase their skills.
Worked out pretty good for all.
The biggest advantage was getting the kids socialized into a productive mindset with good basic job skills before the University life style ruined them for life.
Having one foot in the real tech world with real world work experience and one foot in the university academic world gave them a real interesting perspective. They did not have a lot of respect for many of their fellow classmates and even some profs.
I work in IT so certifications often mean more than a BS. Now seeing the certification trend reaching into other professions.
Accenture? The arrogant Arthur Andersen snob club that would come on campus as part of the Big 8 and sneer at the mere mortals who dared approach their recruiting table is doing away with degree requirements? Say it ain’t so!
These degrees always have been pretty much useless. Life work experience of employees has been more valuable for to employers.
Excellent observations.
The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine is send some of its more motivated and reliable employees to study electronics, power engineering, and so forth to a two year community college or to a four year career oriented college, Maine Maritime Academy, to earn a BS degree in power engineering.
I think we will be seeing more employers hiring new workers and if they measure up pay for them to attend community colleges or four year colleges. One thing is certain those students will NOT be majoring in Women Studies or Sociology.
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