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I have always maintained that rather than use degree to judge candidates, recruiters should involve technology more in their process.
Below is an excerpt you should read, very soon gone will be the days where you go to school get a 2.1, with no real skills to back it up.

Developing your self is the best assurance in a volatile job market.

Ernst and Young drops degree classification threshold for graduate recruitment
BY LINDA ONUEKWA ·

One of the UK’s biggest graduate recruiters is to remove degree classification from the entry criteria for its hiring programmes, having found “no evidence” that success at university was correlated with achievement in professional qualifications.

Accountancy firm Ernst and Young, known as EY, will no longer require students to have a 2:1 degree and the equivalent of three B grades at A level to be considered for its graduate programmes.

Instead, the company will use numerical tests and online “strength” assessments to assess the potential of applicants.

Maggie Stilwell, EY’s managing partner for talent, said the changes would “open up opportunities for talented individuals regardless of their background and provide greater access to the profession”.

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