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Hiring managers are looking more at candidates who are outgoing and will be quick to learn new skills.
tried to find the talent they needed for other positions, they had to rewrite the policy [about degrees] to be more inclusive of potential candidates without them. And that’s what’s happening now, companies are having to make adjustments again.” Unfortunately, she adds, there can be a sense of failure among parents if they can’t send their children to college. “But
parents also may not be focused on what their kids really want to do, and they should take time to find out what their talents are.” Degrees not discussed Many employers are now looking more at candidates “who are outgoing and will be quick to learn skills,” says Buxbaum.
The “paper ceiling”—what is it? Many jobs require an academic qualification, such as a bachelor’s or master’s degree. This is referred to as the “paper ceiling,” a term created several years ago by the organization Opportunity@Work. Its former vice president of marketing and communications, Will Villota, says the phrase is meant to emphasize the skills of job candidates and to “pivot away from pedigree and credentials.”
from community college work or certificate programs, and military service. Yet many workers without degrees encounter a lifetime of lower earnings, limited options for promotions and few or no options to develop additional skills on the job. Major companies that have committed to challenging the paper ceiling include Google, which created the Google Career Certificate in 2018 to train individuals in several digital-job areas. Google also offers the Grow with Google certificate, to train for specific jobs. The program is affordable and requires only a three- to six-month commitment. For more information, visit tearthepaperceiling.org.
These degree-less workers are known as STARs (skilled through alternative routes), and Villota says there are 70 million STARs in the U.S., accounting for about half of the nation’s workforce. They are people 25 years and older without a college degree but who may hold an associate degree, have robust on-the-job training experience, credits
24 NorthBaybiz
August 2024
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