7 companies that recently dropped college degree requirements for new hires

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You no longer need a college degree to work at these 7 companies

for American high school graduates was 5.8% compared to 2.9% for those with a bachelor's. That gap represents millions of potential workers who could do a great job even if they don't have a college degree.

Now, a number of companies have scrapped degree requirements to widen their net and diversify their workforce.

Here are seven companies who've dropped degree requirements and are leading this skill-based sea change in the job market.In 2016 International Business Machines Corporation coined the term"new collar" for positions seeking transferable skills instead of a bachelor's degree, which the said in 2020 accounted for 15% of new hires and included roles like application developer, system administrator, software developer, and cyber security specialist. To build a new collar pipeline, the tech firm developed itsto help students in under-served communities develop practical technology skills and land a paid internship with IBM.

While their degree requirements for software QA engineer and network administrator roles are lower than the national average, IBM required a college degree for only 31% of its software developer/engineer roles — the lowest of its tech competitors, according to

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