I was watching a tv report on 20/20 where they did a research and found that it's becoming harder and harder for college graduates to get jobs after graduation?
2007-10-23 07:50:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Lots of reasons. More qualified candidates with more experience and education.
More companies outsourcing to different parts of the world.
2007-10-23 07:56:01 · answer #1 · answered by clg1975 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see two issues in this regard;
* A bachelor's degree is now what a high school diploma was 20-30 years ago. So many people have a bachelor's degree that you now need one for entry level jobs. A bachelor's degree now gains you entry to the bottom of middle class - that's all. You need a master's or better for professional gigs now.
* 21 year old holders of a Bachelor of Business Administration and no experience somehow think that entry level jobs aren't good enough. They think they are perfectly qualified to manage a multi-million dollar operation with thousands of employees right out of college. They tend to want to start at the top (or at least in the upper-middle) without any experience at all. Just not gonna happen folks.
2007-10-23 15:55:21 · answer #2 · answered by CoachT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Employers have lost confidence in the degrees and university/college education. It is supposed to be presitigious in their eyes, unfortunately when too many make the grade they see it as less important. As a result they see them less as assets and more as people in their mid 20s with little experience and large debts.
Employers these days prefer employing people straight from 16-18 where they can be paid less money. In time, these people can gain experience which employers prefer. By the time someone reaches the age of their peers who went on to college (e.g 25) they have probably earned £30,000-£50,000 in total over that period, understand how the workplace functions and are more institutionalised to work.
Unfortunately, it is either make it tougher to get the degree/diploma or watch it further devalue. As universities need the student's money more and more, I doubt much will change.
2007-10-23 15:06:16 · answer #3 · answered by Chris W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well a college degree is starting to become like a diploma you have to have it just to have a chance. With our immigration problems (mostly illegals from Mexico, no shot at the legal ones) and companies hiring overseas jobs period are short. You would think with the war there would be more jobs but I guess thats just keeping it from being worse which is my theory on why we have troops deployed for BS right now but that's another story...THE END
2007-10-23 15:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by Killa Child 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The standards for college have been lowered and a lot of stupid people are graduating with Bachelors degrees.
Also the US economy is dying, so the job market for college graduates is drying up.
2007-10-23 20:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by Zen Cat 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is harder. When I graduated last year with my degree in business mgmt it took a while to find a job. Luckily I had my veteran preference from service in Iraq to rely on.
2007-10-23 14:59:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think there are alot of college students out there who aren't there to get an education and get a good job afterwards--I think they are there to party.
Nobody cares about education anymore. It's all about having fun and being beautiful. Forget about being smart--you can have whatever you want as long as you're popular.
2007-10-23 14:56:46 · answer #7 · answered by adrian♥ 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋