Job
applicants to publisher Penguin Random House UK will no longer need to
have a degree for the chance of a position, bosses announced Monday January 18,2016
The
move is part of a plan to diversify the company’s workforce and attract
people from more varied backgrounds, including those who did not go to
university.
The
firm said there is a growing body of evidence suggesting there is no
simple link between having a degree and performance in the workplace.
It said that
it has removed the degree filter from all its UK job advertisements,
job descriptions and recruitment systems with immediate effect.
The
publisher also has no requirements for A-levels or UCAS points, it
said, and only certain professional qualifications will be required in
some cases.
It is just the latest in a string of high profile companies to do away with requirements for traditional qualifications.
Companies
are increasingly adopting measures to employ people from disadvantaged
backgrounds, as students from private schools still dominate many top
universities.
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