College May Not Be Worth It Anymore

Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by luma on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:41PM (#17092937)

You seem to be suggesting that the simple addition of a degree requirement is good because it narrows the search field. By this same argument, I could say I will only accept candidates that are left handed.

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by hamandcheese on Thursday May 17, 2018 @01:12PM (#17093212)

You should blindly throw away half of all resumes. Why? Because you don't want to hire someone with bad luck.

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by greedo on Friday May 18, 2018 @09:47AM (#17101385)

Depending on the job, it might be "good" luck...

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by alistairSH on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:49PM (#17093008)

The assumption is that holding a degree is a proxy for IQ, or work ethic, or some other positive trait. Left-handedness doesn't signal much of anything, beyond perhaps a slightly shorter life expectancy.

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by timr on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:49PM (#17093002)

"By this same argument, I could say I will only accept candidates that are left handed."

If you find that filtering for people who are left-handed improves the average quality of your candidates, then yes.

But of course, a college degree is not even remotely as arbitrary as you're suggesting.

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by hackerman12345 on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:49PM (#17093009)

Does a candidate being left-handed add a significant amount of confidence that he/she is a good candidate?

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