To combat the continuing labor shortage, many companies are reconsidering hiring requirements and are “downcredentialing” their job openings. Many expect this reclassification to continue beyond the pandemic. "Jobs do not require four-year college degrees. Employers do," noted a recent study from Harvard Business Review, which details how the last decade in business has been characterized by a widespread phenomenon of "degree inflation." "Employers who had not asked for a four-year college degree historically started adding college degrees as minimum education requirements — even for jobs that had not materially changed," the study continued.
https://www.governing.com/work/many-companies-are-dropping-their-jobs-college-requirements
