1 in 3 companies are ditching college degree requirements for salaried jobs

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A growing share of companies are shifting from education to skills requirements to hire.

: 1 in 3 companies say they no longer list educational requirements on their salaried job postings, according to Payscale's latest

As companies deprioritize college degree requirements, they're turning their attention to hiring candidates with the right skillsets,While no-degree hiring doesn't apply to jobs that never required a degree, or professions like doctors or lawyers, it could have a big impact on hiring for middle-tier jobs like construction managers, sales supervisors, web developers, cybersecurity and IT help desk...

Other major employers, particularly in tech, have moved toward skills-based hiring in recent years, including Google, IBM, Tesla, GM and Accenture.from Burning Glass Institute and Harvard Business School shows candidates without degrees aren't getting as many good job offers as those with degrees.

 

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