I am always amazed by job postings for even clerical administrative jobs that ask for a bachelors degree and then employers wonder why they can’t find anyone to fill their jobs.
I was a recruiter for over 30 years. I did not have a degree. I had some college credits. I would put any additional courses that you may have taken AIRES, LinkedIn recruiting courses etc, on your resume/profile, if you haven’t taken any, maybe at least take one now and then you can update your résumé, obviously lying is not an answer because they always find out. If you have a great experience, find the right words to get past the algorithms, you can go online and Google what the algorithms look for so that you can use all the right wording on your résumé. It is so interesting that now we’re in need of more employees without degrees. One large company recently took the degrees off the table and hired 50% more eligible employees and a large percentage of them worked out very very well. Looks like the trend isn’t going towards college. our country is lacking in blue-collar workers and other technical type jobs that don’t require college. They require other trade training.
That doesn’t help the folks that have a lot of experience and don’t have a degree. Employers need to stop judging people (especially in recruiting), by education alone. Great people skills, great communication skills, Great Follow up skills, great probing skills. They don’t teach that in college.
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