College Graduates Get All The Jobs

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  1. Neuhaus

    Neuhaus Well-Known Member

  2. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    Even if you throw out the associates/some college category, 8.4 million of the 11.6 million jobs created went to those with a bachelor's or higher.
     
  3. Neuhaus

    Neuhaus Well-Known Member

    It's true.

    What we don't know is whether the employers all wanted college graduates. I once had a contract to staff a call center. The requirements were simple; High School diploma and some customer service experience.

    The majority of the people we hired were college graduates, however. We didn't give them preference over candidates who didn't have college degrees. It just so happened that there were very many college graduates in that area who needed a job and applied for everything. We hired the people who interviewed well.

    We can't really know if it was a similar situation here. But it's a potential limitation to the data that was gathered. That college graduates took most of the jobs created doesn't mean that their college degrees actually afforded them as much advantage as one might assume.
     
  4. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

  5. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    Nationwide, there are a lot more working people without degrees than those with degrees. The unemployment rate of college graduates is lower than the unemployment rate of those without a college degree. A combination of things could be happening.

    1. A lot of the newly created jobs require or prefer applicants with college degrees.
    2. Even when a job has no official requirement or preference for a degree, the hiring managers have a bias toward those with a degree.
    3. Even when there is no bias, those with college degrees are able to interview better, have better communication skills, have cover letters and resumes with less errors, have better critical thinking skills, and/or a number of other things that make them more attractive to employers.
     

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