[SMHarman]

It is an interesting conundrum, I have qualified form my position through a non-traditional route doing Accounting Technician instead of a Degree and then becoming an Accountant (which is effectivly a post graduate qualification).
Initially after qualification this training route meant a high percentage of prospective ees would not look at my CV, these days that is not really the case as they see the qualification and the experince since gained.
This car mfr seems very short sighted in this graduate approach. As a business becomes more global they need to look beyond these aspects as while all mgr material may have gone to college in say the US or Germany that may well not be the case in other markets.