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Orianna Rosa Royle

Goodwill CEO says hiring managers are going behind their bosses backs and looking for workers with college degrees, not skills

Photo of a job applicant being interviewed (Credit: PixeloneStocker—Getty Images)

More bad news for job seekers—especially non-grad Gen Zers. Just because an employer claims it’s ditching degree requirements to recruit more diverse talent, that doesn’t mean its hiring managers are actually doing it.

When major employers like Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Apple all eliminated their long-held degree requirements for jobs, other firms rushed to follow their example. But that promise may be limited to their job ads. 

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