Let's say you have too applications to be a construction worker.
A is a recent immigrant who doesn't even have a high school level education.
B is a guy who has a Ph. D in Nuclear Physics from a prestigious Ivy League school.
Who do you hire?
For starters, it is "two," not "too." Secondly, there is nothing provided in your description indicating past experience in the construction field. If neither person has used a hammer in their life, I would be less inclined to offer either of them a job. Now, assuming that they both have some prior experience, and their experience is equal to one another, then I would go with the immigrant because I can get away with paying him less than what a Ph.D. would be asking for. Additionally, one would have to question why a Ph.D. was applying to be a construction worker. After interviewing him/her, I could probably find him/her a position within the company which better uses his skill-set.
On a side note, I did have a Ph.D. work for me as a weekend employee once. While she had the degree, she really wasn't that "smart" when it came to dealing with students on a one-on-one basis. After doing some researching, I found out that her Ph.D. was not for an accredited university, but rather from a school which specialized in those "get your degrees quickly" programs. Not that it was required for her position, but it did explain her lack of comprehension on some rather simple tasks.
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