Employers across a range of industries are dropping a job requirement once considered a ticket to a higher paying job and financial security: a college degree.

Today’s tight labor market has led more companies instead to take a more skills-based approach to hiring, as evidenced on job search sites like Indeed and ZipRecruiter.

“Part of it is employers realizing they may be able to do a better job finding the right talent by looking for the skills or competencies someone needs to do the job and not letting a degree get in the way of that,” Parisa Fatehi-Weeks, senior director of environmental, social and governance (ESG) for hiring platform Indeed told CBS MoneyWatch.

  • FlavoredButtHair
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    4211 months ago

    Good, No matter what you learned at your university/college you’re still gonna have to learn how to do it the companies way anyway.

    • Bakkoda
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      711 months ago

      Yes but you did prove that you can show up to the shit show every day despite insane financial stress. That’s basically 202X work in a nutshell.

    • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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      411 months ago

      I beg your pardon - my familiarity with Foucault makes me an instant asset to any corporation.