{"id":434641,"date":"2022-04-20T14:47:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/big-tech-fights-worker-shortages-by-dropping-degree-requirements\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T14:47:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:47:58","slug":"big-tech-fights-worker-shortages-by-dropping-degree-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/big-tech-fights-worker-shortages-by-dropping-degree-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"#Big Tech fights worker shortages by dropping degree requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a292ed344350\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a292ed344350\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/big-tech-fights-worker-shortages-by-dropping-degree-requirements\/#%E2%80%9CBig_Tech_fights_worker_shortages_by_dropping_degree_requirements%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Big Tech fights worker shortages by dropping degree requirements&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBig_Tech_fights_worker_shortages_by_dropping_degree_requirements%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Big Tech fights worker shortages by dropping degree requirements&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F04%2Fthe-9th-coworking-QeaGAUjW_fw-unsplash.jpg&amp;signature=02a1be354690f6b75a693d940c48f51a\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                            Tech hiring trends in the US indicate <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tech-jobs-no-college-degree-necessary-11649371535?mod=djemalertNEWS\">what the Wall Street Journal is calling \u201ca giant shock to the workforce<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tech-jobs-no-college-degree-necessary-11649371535?mod=djemalertNEWS\">\u201d<\/a> as record numbers of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.industryweek.com\/talent\/article\/22027706\/is-the-term-blue-collar-outdated\">controversially-called \u201cblue-collar\u201d<\/a> workers are breaking into ICT roles on technical teams \u2014 sans the once prerequisite four-year college degree.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed \u201cnew-collar jobs\u201d by former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.nl\/ibm-automated-future-new-collar-jobs-2017-1?international=true&amp;r=US\">in an open letter to then-president-elect Donald Trump way back in 2016<\/a>, the push to make technical job opportunities accessible through unconventional education and\/or on-the-job training is not a new idea. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the number of global, remote employment opportunities for new-collar career transitions into tech roles is, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>Management consulting firm Oliver Wyman has reappropriated the term \u201cNew Collars\u201d to refer to \u201cblue-collar workers who used the pandemic to learn new skills so that they could find better jobs\u201d. According to its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverwymanforum.com\/global-consumer-sentiment\/the-new-people-shaping-our-future\/the-new-collars.html\">research<\/a> \u2014 surveying 80,000 employees between August 2020 and March 2022 \u2014 \u201cmore than a tenth of Americans in low-paying roles [in hourly positions] made a switch during the past two years. Many of the new jobs are in software and information <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, as well as tech-related roles in logistics, finance and healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the Oliver Wyman poll, U.S. workers who described themselves as blue collar prepandemic said that enrolling in a specialized course or bootcamp, or acquiring another credential, had unlocked new kinds of jobs in sectors such as tech, data processing, healthcare, and electronics manufacturing. LinkedIn Learning, a major online credential platform, saw completions of certificate-eligible classes, such as project management, rise more than 1,300% between 2020 and 2021,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tech-jobs-no-college-degree-necessary-11649371535?mod=djemalertNEWS\">says the follow-up WSJ investigation by Vanessa Fuhrmans and Kathryn Dill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The entire piece is worth a read, and it includes multiple real-world stories of people who\u2019ve nontraditionally transitioned into tech, like Zack Williams: a landscaper turned software engineer through a nine-month bootcamp; now earning double what he did in landscape construction, and 20% above what he requested in the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Key factors contributing to this transition in tech hiring trends are cited as a tech job posting boom amid widespread digital transformation; the pandemic-induced great resignation;\u00a0baby boomers leaving the workforce;\u00a0and declining immigration resulting in a nationwide labor shortage, under which companies are more likely to drop college degree requirements. Find the story on WSJ <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tech-jobs-no-college-degree-necessary-11649371535?mod=djemalertNEWS\">here<\/a>.\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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