Why do all companies require academic qualifications? Is it really that important?

Simply put, it is because the company wants to save human resources and avoid going to the sea for gold.

Education is an excellent filter, and the quality of education is obviously positively related to the requirements of most companies for recruiters; The speed of judging academic qualifications is extremely fast, and it is difficult to falsify; Everyone has a degree; There are many educational levels, and different proportions of people can be screened out.

In fact, for most companies, it is difficult to find a better filter than education. Screening people through academic qualifications saves a lot of labor costs and allows companies to quickly locate people with higher matching possibilities, thus improving recruitment efficiency.

Companies require academic qualifications, not because people with low academic qualifications are necessarily weaker than those with high academic qualifications, nor because people with low academic qualifications cannot meet the needs of the company, but because people with high academic qualifications are more likely to meet the needs of the company. Therefore, the company only needs to draw a degree line to ensure that there are enough candidates above this degree, and their recruitment will be much easier.

This is precisely the misunderstanding of many job seekers. They don't look at it from the company's point of view, but from their own point of view. They think my ability is excellent, better than many people with higher education than me; Or my ability is enough for this position in this company. Why does a secretary need such a high education to print documents?

From the company's point of view, you are a nobody with low education. With you, there are a lot of highly educated unknowns. People with low education spend almost the same amount of energy as those with high education, but it is obvious that people with high education are more likely to find a qualified employee. So even if you are an outstanding individual after the unknown, most rational companies will give you up strategically because you are risky. Similarly, even if 80% people with low academic qualifications meet the requirements of this position, but 95% people with high academic qualifications meet the requirements, and there are enough candidates with high academic qualifications to choose at will, then the company will still choose people with high academic qualifications.

Therefore, education is not "important", but "easy to use". When you really work for a company, your education is basically worthless and useless. However, when selecting talents, academic qualifications are almost the most universal, flexible and effective filter at present, and naturally all companies will require it.