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Requiring a degree is a way to filter resumes. If you get 200 applications to a position and requiring a degree allows you to narrow that down to 30, why not?
by dmm 14y ago
Requiring a degree is a way to filter resumes.
If you get 200 applications to a position and requiring a degree allows you to narrow that down to 30, why not?
- Evbn 14y agoBecause the job might not benefit from an overqualified degree holder.
- bobwaycott 14y agoI believe we are soon moving to where this excuse for carefully considering candidates will no longer hold. More people with college degrees will make that significantly higher. Also, 15%? Is that accurate, or are you just throwing numbers out there cos you think 85% of job applicants really do not have college degrees?
- rayiner 14y agoWhat makes you think that, as college degrees become more common, employers will "carefully consider" candidates instead? They are just as likely to look for other cheap, easy filters: like college ranking, graduate degrees, etc. You already see this in some fields. E.g. it's almost impossible to get a decent-paying job with just a BS in Chem/Bio these days.
- ktsmith 14y agoHiring degree holders for things like receptionist and file clerk only works if the job market is bad and you don't care about churn.
- Futurebot 14y agoExactly right. We had a previous discussion of this topic which is worth reading as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3998813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3998813 Right now, it's a Bachelor's. In 10 years, perhaps less, it'll be a Masters. This has nothing to do with required skills or knowledge, and everything to do with the fact that we simply require fewer and fewer people to actually do work, and have got to get through that ever-growing pile of resumes somehow.