Friday 1 March 2024

When Your Degree Is Worthless?

 I read through a Bloomberg business report today....which laid out this odd trend.  Around 50-percent of recent college graduates (I sense they meant from spring 2022  to spring 2023....are working high school-level jobs.

Meaning?  They might be the 'boss' of a car rental shop at some airport (which was always a high-school situation). Or they might be the sales gal of some cellphone shop at the mall.

Why?  Well....after submitting their resume around.....most in this category fell into a 'pit'...where the $40,000 college-grad level had nothing going on.

A Biden, or Bidenomics thing?  On the positive side....they are employed and pulling in something.  On the negative side...they probably still live in dad's house, and dad is feeding them.....with maybe some coverage deal of car insurance going on.

Here's my problem....you might linger in this job for a full-year, and on your resume.....you are basically saying there's something odd about my work situation and I'm doing the work of a high-school guy/gal.

If you are still there at the rental-car shop (as chief) after two years?  Yeah, that labels you a classic 4-star college degree loser.  

Finally, just an odd observation....to be honest, I could hire 10-percent of the sixteen-year old high-school (yet-to-graduate) crowd, as a temp-boss of a car-rental shop....over you.  

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