(just a few links from a Google search for "employers can't test IQ")
It's deemed socially acceptable to use college degrees as a proxy for "smart enough for the job" or even "smart enough to be trained for the job."
Alternatively, because primary education is so bad in the US (grades 1 through 12---roughly ages 5 to 18 for those outside the US) that a bachelors degree today is the equivalent of a high school diploma from the 1950s/1960s.
* http://www.chicagonow.com/chicagos-real-law-blog/2012/02/do-...
* http://www.halfsigma.com/2006/12/why_employers_d.html
(just a few links from a Google search for "employers can't test IQ")
It's deemed socially acceptable to use college degrees as a proxy for "smart enough for the job" or even "smart enough to be trained for the job."
Alternatively, because primary education is so bad in the US (grades 1 through 12---roughly ages 5 to 18 for those outside the US) that a bachelors degree today is the equivalent of a high school diploma from the 1950s/1960s.