College or university has been a traditional rite of passage for decades, with millions of young people seeing higher education as one of the only ways to bag a job. Recently, however, there has been a rise in the number of jobs not requiring degrees, as well as other alternatives to higher education, which may offer lead to interesting job and career opportunities further down the line. These include apprenticeships, work placements, trade schools, internships, certifications and other short courses and more. There has been a 14.2% increase in the number of UK job postings not needing degrees…