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Your question implies colleges teaches you the skills required for jobs.

That's true in specialized career paths. A Doctor, a pharmacist and lawyers are good examples. Don't ditch the degree requirement for those.

However I've seen "offices" jobs where they only require people that can read, write, have basic MS Office skills and specially FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. You can learn that in high school.

But companies require Degrees for those jobs and it's the most idiotic thing I can think because:

a) Companies are downsizing the pool of potential candidates and, b) People with degrees (Some of them at least) will feel that job is not fulfilling. They will leave for better opportunities.

For those jobs, just learning on the fly will suffice.