Posts Tagged ‘degree inflation’

skills, not degrees?

What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

But now some workforce organizations, researchers and regional civic leaders are pushing back — persuading companies to look beyond academic credentials and to instead hire people based on their skills. A growing number of businesses are listening. In the past few years, Apple, Google, IBM and other high-profile companies have stripped the bachelor’s degree requirement from many of their positions.

Chart showing the industries where degree inflation affects the most jobs