But as data emerges on degreeless hiring, there are signs that some of these efforts may be falling short.
A [new report](https://www.burningglassinstitute.org/research/skills-based-hiring-2024) from Burning Glass Institute and Harvard Business School focuses on how companies stack up in their efforts to hire non-degreed workers. This is important to U.S. workers, more than half of whom don’t have degrees, since it impacts their ability to get higher-paying jobs and better roles.
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Many of the market’s top companies with the largest workforces in the nation are touting degreeless jobs and actively [removing degree requirements](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/01/walmart-sends-a-new-degree-free-message-about-getting-a-corporate-job.html) from more job postings. The idea of hiring based on skill rather than completion of college education for certain roles has become more prevalent at a time when workers are in short supply and the economic value of a college degree is [being questioned](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/24/college-enrollment-continues-to-slide-as-a-four-year-degree-loses-appeal.html) by more Americans.
But as data emerges on degreeless hiring, there are signs that some of these efforts may be falling short.
A [new report](https://www.burningglassinstitute.org/research/skills-based-hiring-2024) from Burning Glass Institute and Harvard Business School focuses on how companies stack up in their efforts to hire non-degreed workers. This is important to U.S. workers, more than half of whom don’t have degrees, since it impacts their ability to get higher-paying jobs and better roles.
More: [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/19/job-posts-for-workers-without-degrees-are-booming-but-not-the-hiring.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/19/job-posts-for-workers-without-degrees-are-booming-but-not-the-hiring.html)