1. Google
This may be a shock to you but Google does hire individuals that have no college degrees! Senior Vice President of People Operations Lazlo Bock said that the “proportion of people without any college education at Google has increased over time” with some teams having 14% of its people being undergrads. Bock also said, “For every job, though, the No. 1 thing we look for is general cognitive ability, and it’s not I.Q. It’s learning ability. It’s the ability to process on the fly. It’s the ability to pull together disparate bits of information.”
Rated 4.4 in Glassdoor, Google believes “that every employee has something important to say, and that every employee is integral to our success. We provide individually-tailored compensation packages that can be comprised of competitive salary, bonus, and equity components, along with the opportunity to earn further financial bonuses and rewards.” Google gives you all the reasons to work for them like lots of food, mini-kitchens, free breakfast/lunch/dinner/snacks all day, 24/7 gym access, free self-service laundry, bowling alley, volleyball pit, and more! One employee sums it up perfectly, “Great culture. Smart, intelligent, collaborative team members to work with. Competitive compensation. Extremely resourceful (hardware, software, tools, training material).”
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These 10 companies that don’t have a degree requirement for applicants prove that great employees are not determined by grades or universities. Success in the workplace is no longer defined by a diploma. Organizations are now thinking outside of the box by hiring people that are not degree holders. They are seeing in their pool of talent that the work and life skills they’re looking for can not only be found in college graduates but also in every smart and hard-working individual.
