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The way it was explained to me— a degree is a simple and easy qualifier. It takes your group of candidates and helps easily categorize down to two groups: those who have and have not. So they disqualify the have nots to get a smaller hiring pool all with one common trait: a degree.
It doesn’t make sense and it’s not necessarily right, but it’s the antiquated vetting system companies use. I will say I’m seeing more and more postings that say “degree or equivalent experience”.
I hope it continues to become normalized, the value of a degree is not what it used to be and we need to stop moving people into large amounts of debts thinking it will get them ahead. There’s plenty of multi-degree holders with hundreds of thousands in debt who equally aren’t getting call backs too.
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I've heard it this way, a degree is an easy way to see that you showed up for a long term commitment consistently and did a well enough job at that to get the certification that comes along with it. The thought being that if you did that, it could be concluded that you would be reliable enough to do the same for their company.
The labor market has shifted dramatically since last year, there’s wage deflation + increased competition all around.
Are you talking about a bachelor’s or advanced degree? If the former, many companies have this as a non-negotiable prerequisite. It helps to thin the applicant pool with less effort from the company. There are some companies that will accept experience in lieu of a degree but this is becoming less and less. It may be worth it to consider pursuing a degree if this is a role type you want to stick with.