[Qwertious]

>Stop demanding a formal degree for jobs, allow anyone who can do the job to do it, and much/some of these problems will go away.

It's a symptom of people needing more jobs than are available - if there's a massive labour shortage these unnecessary requirements will evaporate overnight, and if people stop needing to work to survive these unnecessary requirements will evaporate overnight.

[coffeecat]

Excellent observation. I expect this is one problem among many which would be solved by a UBI or some other form of guaranteed economic security.