From the WSJ, which I no longer have a subscription to. But the headlines from LinkedIn News: Anecdotally, when I graduated from my Social Service Worker program only about 10% of the cohort immediately landed jobs in the field. Maybe another 10% within a year of graduating. The other 80% went into other fields from accounting to construction to project management. These people never returned to their field of study.
Well...a bachelor's degree traditionally wasn't a trade school program. Exceptions there are of course, engineering for example, but there was no expectation that your BA in English Literature prepared you for any particular job. Yet my BA has proven invaluable everywhere I've gone in life.
Education usually viewed as value added. As some leading CEOs say we can train an employee but we don't have time to educate the employee. Not sure how valued today but in the past the degree added some indication that the person was able to complete assignments and commitments, staying out of trouble for 4 years. Critical thinking and research abilities. Government jobs, be it local, state or federal prioritizes degree holders. Even if the degree is not directly related to the job. Many graduates during bad job market, take any job they can and compete for jobs that don't require degree. Hiring managers make the call if they wish to invest or hire someone who may leave once they find a job with a better match
