No degree? No problem: Big Tech fights worker shortages by lowering hiring requirements

Tech hiring trends in the US indicate what the Wall Street Journal is calling “a giant shock to the workforce” as record numbers of controversially-called “blue-collar” workers are breaking into ICT roles on technical teams — sans the once prerequisite four-year college degree. Dubbed “new-collar jobs” by former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty in an open letter to then-president-elect Donald Trump way back in 2016, the push to make technical job opportunities accessible through unconventional education and/or on-the-job training is not a new idea. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the number of global, remote employment opportunities for new-collar career…This story continues at The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/no-degree-no-problem-big-tech-fights-worker-shortages-by-lowering-hiring-requirements