The other day on the drive down to Delaware Technical Community College to teach “Building Your Own Blog” Workshop, the host talked about a recent report that stated that many companies are no longer requiring a college degree. He stated that it was mainly due to the rising costs of tuition and low and behold, my ex-employer, IBM was on the list!
I was like WTW and said to myself, “Don’t Dumb Down the Degree Just Lower the College Tuition Fee!” duh!
Don’t get me wrong, I know not everyone is college material and oftentimes recruiters deny applicants a chance to apply for a job because he or she lacks a college degree, but what upset me was, why is getting an education in today’s world have to be so costly?
In college students learn more than academics, they learn important life lessons that will make them a stronger well rounded individual. I think other than the “extradentals” colleges should be offering low cost to no cost educational options to everyone. Students come out of college with a degree and a massive amount of debt with parents oftentimes shouldering the bulk of the bill!
Well, in case you missed the news below is an article about the 14 companies that no longer require a college degree, however, my question still remains and I ask for your thoughts on if dumbing down a degree is better than lowering the fee to get one?
ORIGINALLY POSTED ARTICLE : Google, Apple and 12 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree
Today’s tight labor market continues to be a promising landscape for job seekers, with economists even predicting more opportunities for professionals without a degree.
Job-search site Glassdoor compiled a list of top employers who are expanding their talent options by no longer requiring applicants to have a college degree. Companies like Google, Apple and IBM are all in this group.
In 2017, IBM’s vice president of talent Joanna Daley told CNBC Make It that about 15 percent of her company’s U.S. hires don’t have a four-year degree. She said that instead of looking exclusively at candidates who went to college, IBM now looks at candidates who have hands-on experience via a coding boot camp or an industry-related vocational class.
Check the list below to see what other top companies you can score a job at if you don’t have a college degree:
1. Google
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 4.4
Current openings include: product manager, recruiter, software engineer, product marketing manager
Hiring locations include: Mountain View, CA; Austin, TX; San, Francisco, CA
2. Penguin Random House
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.8
Current openings include: marketing designer, publicity assistant, senior manager of finance, production assistant
Hiring locations include: New York, NY; London, England; Colorado Springs, CO
3. Costco Wholesale
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.9
Current openings include: cashier, stocker, pharmacy sales assistant, bakery wrapper
Hiring locations include: Baton Rouge, LA; Vallejo, CA; Kalamazoo, MI
4. Whole Foods
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.5
Current openings include: grocery team member, cashier, bakery team member, whole body team member
Hiring locations include: Napa, CA; Petaluma, CA; Tigard, OR
5. Hilton
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 4
Current openings include: event manager, front office manager, housekeeper, hotel manager
Hiring locations include: San Rafael, CA; Napa, CA; Indianapolis, IN
6. Publix
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.7
Current openings include: pharmacist, retail set-up coordinator, maintenance technician, job fair
Hiring locations include: Lakeland, FL; Atlanta, GA; Deerfield Beach, FL
7. Apple
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 4
Current openings include: design verification engineer, engineering project manager, iPhone buyer
Hiring locations include: Santa Clara, CA; Austin, TX; Las Vegas, NV
8. Starbucks
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.8
Current openings include: barista, shift supervisor, store manager
Hiring locations include: Dublin, GA; San Francisco, CA; Compton, CA
9. Nordstrom
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.6
Current openings include: retail sales, cleaning, stock and fulfillment, bartender
Hiring locations include: Phoenix, AZ; Las Vegas, NV; Scottdale, AZ
10. Home Depot
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.5
Current openings include: department supervisor, customer service sales, store support
Hiring locations include: Colonial Heights, VA; South Plainfield, NJ; San Diego, CA
11. IBM
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.4
Current openings include: financial blockchain engineer, lead recruiter, contract and negotiations professional
Hiring locations include: San Francisco, CA; Raleigh-Durham, NC; Austin, TX
12. Bank of America
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.5
Current openings include: client service representative, client associate, analyst, executive assistant
Hiring locations include: Tulsa, OK; Wilmington, DE; New York, NY
13. Chipotle
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.4
Current openings include: district manager, kitchen manager, service manager
Hiring locations include: Sandy, UT; Woburn, MA; Pleasant Hill, CA
14. Lowe’s
Glassdoor company rating on a five-point scale: 3.3
Current openings include: plumbing associate, commercial sales loader, lumber associate
Hiring locations include: Westborough, MA; Omaha, NE; Mooresville, NC
This is an updated version of a story that appeared previously.
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I think whether a degree is needed for a specific job or not depends entirely on the requirement of the job. I also believe that no child capable of the work should be denied the opportunity to go to college because of finances. That is in the best interest of absolutely no one.
Thank you and yes, I agree, students who want to attend college should have an opportunity to do so without having to be saddled with debt along with a degree.
Very interesting. The Portland police eliminated their requirement for a 4 year degree citing the pay and cost of the education and the cost of living were not in harmony to get the best applicants. I don’t buy it for a minute! I agree a college education is ridiculously high but help like in my example from the police or other employers in a program seems like a way to get the best candidates.
College is definitely too costly and it’s more than academics. In college you meet and learn about the lives of many, you have an opportunity to interact and live with others which I think is an asset especially for police officers.
Unless you’re entering a highly specialized field, the main benefit of college is it opens the doors to alternate way of thinking and exposes you to different ideas and invites you to connect them into a worldview. Once you get a job, as long as you can think for yourself you can handle whatever tasks most jobs require.
Tony, yes, I totally agree, learning and living with others broadens your horizons and prepares you the diversity of life and broadens your perspective.