IBM, Delta and others have dropped college degree requirements but old hiring habits are hard to break.

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Employers are easing job requirements and speeding up hiring procedures to survive a U.S. labor market with more openings than applicants.

Millions of jobs requiring a four-year college degree can be done without that level of education, some corporate leaders say. To address inequalities in business and society, some executives suggest that companies shake up their approach to hiring and consider unconventional candidates.

Is it time to rethink the way we assess job applicants?

Employers often aim to hire people they think will be a good fit, but their efforts can easily veer into a ditch where new hires all look, think and act alike.

An abrupt change of heart after saying yes to a job can have career repercussions years later. Here’s how to navigate this delicate decision.

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Amazon and Google discovered what the most innovative employees have in common is not how well they did at a prestige college.

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