If it's a specialist job. IE doctor, engineer, lawyer ect then you tend to find most in these professionals have the same qualifications so experience would trump over the newbie.

Due to illness I left school with 2 qualifications,. Art and geography. Maybe I should go into drawing maps (sure there's a Tec name).. I once worked for TNT loading lorry's and a mate of mine worked beside me who had several o levels and A levels. IMO if your putting the effort into education FFS use it don't waste it. He was one who left school went to collage then university but didn't have a clue what he wanted to do. I'm sure the qualifications will help him get a job over a a snotty nosed kid str out of school
Making kids go to college who have no intention of using that qualification is a waste of time,money and effort..