Companies and big corporations are shooting themselves in the foot by requiring job applicants to have a college degree if innovation is what the employer is looking for in prospective employees. Some of the most innovative ideas in the world have come from people without college degrees!
What should really possibly matter as much or more from an individual you are considering hiring is passion and intensity. Furthermore, employees that are better at something may not be as valuable to a company as being different. Conformity is what too many companies value which too often simply leads to more of the same without increasing efficiency and innovation which increase a company’s overall value.
SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: FROM THE BOOK “FINDING THE NEXT STEVE JOBS” BY NOLAN BUSHNELL 2013