That's because of a little-known (by the general public, anyway) US Supreme Court ruling in 1971 in the case of Griggs v. Duke Power.
Prior to that case companies were more comfortable hiring people without college degrees because they were able to give IQ tests to prospective employees. The court ruled tests that have a disparate impact on the racial or sexual makeup of new hires are illegal.
Companies were forced to look for some other indicator the person they were about to hire can read and write and is reasonably intelligent, so many of the jobs that used to require only a high school education plus an IQ test now require a college degree.
There are some companies that still give tests to applicants, but they're just asking to get sued.
It's kind of ridiculous people are going tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt as a proxy for a three-hour IQ test, but I don't see any indication things are going to change.
Prior to that case companies were more comfortable hiring people without college degrees because they were able to give IQ tests to prospective employees. The court ruled tests that have a disparate impact on the racial or sexual makeup of new hires are illegal.
Companies were forced to look for some other indicator the person they were about to hire can read and write and is reasonably intelligent, so many of the jobs that used to require only a high school education plus an IQ test now require a college degree.
There are some companies that still give tests to applicants, but they're just asking to get sued.
It's kind of ridiculous people are going tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt as a proxy for a three-hour IQ test, but I don't see any indication things are going to change.