In my search for a new job I've come face to face with a frustrating realization- the ability to process and quickly assimilate information is not taken into account on an application. What's more, the ability to identify and disregard misinformation is not a quality employers seek.

I do not have a college degree. At eighteen years old, I did not see the point in going to college and accumulating debt when I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. Immature decision fo...