Question

When employers use diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for jobs, even through the diploma or degree may be irrelevant to the actual work, it becomes a ________ society?

Answer 1

I believe the answer is credential society

Credential society refers to the type of society that rely on status as method to measures other people's worth and capabilities.
This type of society started to developed along with the industrial revolution as the jobs that require hard labor started to diminshed