DETROIT—General Motors Co. has dropped a four-year degree requirement for many jobs, opting for a skills-based, people-focused hiring process instead.
"From a soft skills perspective, we really needed people who can connect with people," said Tammy Golden, GM's executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion and head of the auto maker's work force strategy. "When you focus on what's required of the job vs., say, a four-year degree, as your ticket in, it allows you the opportunity to open the aperture to another pool of talent."