A new report shows that, even after businesses announce dropping college degree requirements for jobs, most hire college graduates anyway.

This article outlines an opinion that organizations either tried skills based hiring and reverted to degree required hiring because it was warranted, or they didn’t adapt their process in spite of executive vision.

Since this article is non industry specific, what are your observations or opinions of the technology sector? What about the general business sector?

Should first world employees of businesses be required to obtain degrees if they reasonably expect a business related job?

Do college experiences and academic rigor reveal higher achieving employees?

Is undergraduate education a minimum standard for a more enlightened society? Or a way to hold separation between classes of people and status?

Is a masters degree the new way to differentiate yourself where the undergrad degree was before?

Edit: multiple typos, I guess that’s proof that I should have done more college 😄

  • RedFoxOPEnglish
    3•8 months ago

    you paid someone

    This is true in both cases

    no accreditation, unlike university degree programs

    This is true. It’s an interesting destination.

    • Would you say that an accreditation covers the technical rigor of a degree program?
    • A boot camp only cares about the narrow scope. An accreditation cares about a well rounded, and unified education experience. Do you look for that in your candidates?

    Edit: does a well rounded and accredited education provide more value to your organization than a narrowly scoped employee?

    • @SpaceNoodleEnglish
      7•8 months ago

      Yes, a well-rounded employee is generally more valuable than one with limited skills.