Ok so Jaba makes the only point so far and also made another in game. It's a valid one: how can I really even suggest that college is a bad thing?
Disclaimer... again this thread is my canvas. I paint many pictures, and the one I painted in my opening to topic 3 was of an unhappy Beastie with some regret for my schooling. This is absolutely untrue. College was the best best best time of my life. And I am happy with my station in life since.
With that said, I still plan to make some points and further they still need to be addressed.
WHAT ABOUT the fact that job placement for college grads is at an all time low... and worsening?
A grad gets into the market to advertise himself as a fresh, available resource and he/she sees that he/she in now in competition with 8 million other fresh, (some of them stale from 2 graduations ago) available, and just-as-capable resources. Now the employer can be even more picky because there are so many resumes, each with that magic 4 year degree.
Eventually the grad will probably settle for a lesser position. Lesser because it pays less and lesser because it may be one that he/she could have gotten with or without the degree. If promotions are based in merit, great! If they are based on seniority, plan to stagnate for a good while.
Education inflation is between 8 and 12 perecent. Cost of living and wage increase is around 3 percent. If I have a child today, a 4 year university education will cost nearly $250,000 in 18 years. Are we ready for that?
Maybe that is the solution right there to suppressing the number of kids that go back to 10% lol.
My office just placed an ad for 1 position. It is a phone job and pays $10.31/hour. We got 75 resumes in a day-and-a-half. All had at least some schooling. Should college grads have to compete this fiercely for a position like this?
Anyway these are just some tough issues that I come across every day in dealing with recent grads. Any thoughts?
Disclaimer... again this thread is my canvas. I paint many pictures, and the one I painted in my opening to topic 3 was of an unhappy Beastie with some regret for my schooling. This is absolutely untrue. College was the best best best time of my life. And I am happy with my station in life since.
With that said, I still plan to make some points and further they still need to be addressed.
WHAT ABOUT the fact that job placement for college grads is at an all time low... and worsening?
A grad gets into the market to advertise himself as a fresh, available resource and he/she sees that he/she in now in competition with 8 million other fresh, (some of them stale from 2 graduations ago) available, and just-as-capable resources. Now the employer can be even more picky because there are so many resumes, each with that magic 4 year degree.
Eventually the grad will probably settle for a lesser position. Lesser because it pays less and lesser because it may be one that he/she could have gotten with or without the degree. If promotions are based in merit, great! If they are based on seniority, plan to stagnate for a good while.
Education inflation is between 8 and 12 perecent. Cost of living and wage increase is around 3 percent. If I have a child today, a 4 year university education will cost nearly $250,000 in 18 years. Are we ready for that?
Maybe that is the solution right there to suppressing the number of kids that go back to 10% lol.
My office just placed an ad for 1 position. It is a phone job and pays $10.31/hour. We got 75 resumes in a day-and-a-half. All had at least some schooling. Should college grads have to compete this fiercely for a position like this?
Anyway these are just some tough issues that I come across every day in dealing with recent grads. Any thoughts?