Is the Paper Ceiling Holding Your Organisation Back?

Why you might want to go degree-optional

For a long time, employers wouldn’t consider candidates without a degree even though their daily work didn’t require one. Then, the talent shortage hit. Despite an overall gloomy labour market, our research shows that 76% of UK hiring managers still report difficulty finding skilled talent.

From an oversupply of talent to a shortage, something’s got to give, and increasingly that something is the degree requirement. This should be good news to the 51% of UK workers without a university degree. Read our latest report to find out how employers in industries such as manufacturing, non-clinical health care, IT and education are discovering the benefits of dropping the university degree requirement.