Fewer companies requiring new employees to have a degree

there's so many different ways that people will find their own path to success you know for some of us that means college for some of us it means skills and we have a lot of programs where we want to make sure people have the skills they need to be successful recognizing that that while college is great for some it's not exactly the right answer for everyone all right it's time now for our last call that was the CEO of Walmart talking about a growing Trend that his company is one of more than a dozen across this country that are dropping college degree requirements for thousands of high-paying jobs they're opting instead to train workers internally I want to bring back my panel to talk about this let's start with you rsh I think this is a really fascinating idea here because we know a lot of parents sort of present College as just what you do after high school to their kids but you know we've had Mike Row on the show to talk about the importance of trade schools and learning those other skills and how that can help the workplace yes I think we're in the middle of a an overdue reassessment of this question of whether it's right to sort of tell everybody that the only path to success is the traditional college diploma and we're seeing that in the private sector we're seeing it in governments governments in Pennsylvania and Maryland have also been dropping some of these college requirements for government jobs uh you know because you don't want to be screening out people who can do the job well if you do that you're just stifling opportunity and let's talk about the money factor in this Christina I mean kids are leaving school with so much debt right now this is coming at a time when some private universities reportedly could cost I mean $90,000 a year for tuition yeah I mean I think that there's two things that are that we can celebrate here one is that there is great opportunities for people that have real life skills and on the job experience to be able to grow in their workplaces that's great for those employers and those workers and the last thing we need to make sure we're doing is making sure college is more affordable for everyone because still the majority of jobs new jobs in this country do require a college degree they do and so Mike does an idea like this to hire people train them internally they don't need a college degree does an idea like that undermine the value of higher education I don't think it undermines the value of higher education I think it's actually complimentary to to having a very diverse Workforce with diverse thoughts and backgrounds I really think as we talked Kana about the widening economic Gap in the shrinking middle class often times not having college degree is a barrier for a lot of individuals to get to the middle class so I think this will eliminate that barrier second I think it forces HR departments and Human Resources officers to think more Nuance about their hiring practices and really rethink these skills in positions and so and make more thoughtful intentionalities with their recruiting and also too with their hiring absolutely I mean college is not a financial option for everybody and that doesn't mean that they should be exempt from higher paying jobs on the other side all right that's it for our last call Mike Christina and rsh thank you so much for being with us and thank you for streaming with us I'm Kana Whitworth follow ABC News live on Instagram Tik Tok Facebook and more coming up here at 700 p.m. Eastern be sure to catch ABC News live Prime with lindsy Davis for the day's biggest stories and the impact that they have on you the news never stops neither do we keep it right here on ABC News live

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Published: Thu Apr 25 2024