As this article from yesterday's paper points out, more and more employers are requiring bachelor's degree for entry-level jobs that clearly do not require the credential. As you read the article, it becomes ever more apparent that the primary reasons employers are doing this is simply because they can. This is somewhat similar to what is being done in nursing with respect to employers requiring a BSN where it clearly is not an essential credential. In a large - and growing - part of the country, the BSN has become the de facto minimum educational credential and in my opinion, will shortly become the de jure standard.
As is the case with the Borg, resistance would seem to be futile.
ATLANTA --The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job.
Consider the 45-person law firm of Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh here in Atlanta, a place that has seen tremendous growth in the college-educated population. Like other employers across the country, the firm hires only people with a bachelor's degree, even for jobs that do not require college-level skills.
This prerequisite applies to everyone, including the receptionist, paralegals, administrative assistants and file clerks. Even the office "runner"-the in-house courier who, for $10 an hour, ferries documents back and forth between the courthouse and the office-went to a four-year school. . .
