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posted by chromas on Wednesday August 01 2018, @08:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-will-I-do-with-my-25-years-experience-in-Swift? dept.

Submitted via IRC for Sulla

Americans looking to land a first job or break into a dream career face their best odds of success in years.

Employers say they are abandoning preferences for college degrees and specific skill sets to speed-up hiring and broaden the pool of job candidates. Many companies added requirements to job postings after the recession, when millions were out of work and human-resource departments were stacked with resumes.

[...] "Candidates have so many options today," said Amy Glaser, senior vice president of Adecco Group, a staffing agency with around 10,000 company clients in search of employees. "If a company requires a degree, two rounds of interviews and a test for hard-skills, candidates can go down the street to another employer who will make them an offer that day."

Ms. Glaser estimates one in four of the agency's employer clients have made drastic changes to their recruiting process since the start of the year, such as skipping drug tests or criminal background checks, or removing preferences for a higher degree or high-school diploma.

Source: NOTE: Original submission referenced a paywalled page at The Wall Street Journal; this link appears to link to the same story, albeit with a stock chart for Intel Corp., included: http://www.4-traders.com/INTEL-CORPORATION-4829/news/Employers-Eager-to-Hire-Try-a-New-Policy-No-Experience-Necessary-27016610/


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:40PM (4 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:40PM (#716245) Homepage Journal

    Hire all teenagers for all I care. You get what you pay for and that will be reflected in your profits.

    Shouldn't teenagers be in school too?

    That should be up to their parents until they're old enough to make a moderately informed decision on the matter. Then it should be up to them. It's interesting how you're pro forced mental labor but anti voluntary physical labor.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday August 02 2018, @03:59PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 02 2018, @03:59PM (#716302) Journal

    It's interesting how you're pro forced mental labor...

    This was school for you, I gather. 'teresting, yes.

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    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 02 2018, @04:08PM (2 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday August 02 2018, @04:08PM (#716307) Homepage Journal

      That is school for every child unless you're claiming it became voluntary at some point.

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      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday August 02 2018, @04:28PM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 02 2018, @04:28PM (#716316) Journal

        Not in my experience,
        Half of the courses in Uni were though.

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        • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 02 2018, @06:00PM

          by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday August 02 2018, @06:00PM (#716357) Homepage Journal

          Ah well, here in the US your parents can get fines, jail time, or even have you taken away from them if they don't force you to go to school until the state mandated age. If they can't afford to home school you, get you a private tutor, or send you to private school that means you must attend a government school. It is absolutely in no way optional.

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