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NYC_SKP

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3. It's a filter, IMO. A degree today is the equivalent to a high school diploma in the 1960s.

Reply to LuckyTheDog (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 09:58 AM

Sep 2014

Businesses need people who can read and write, and many high school grads simply can't do these things at the required level of skill.

Further, having completed something like a degree program indicates perseverance and some other desirable qualities.

I'm not saying this is fair, I'm just calling it like I see it having talked to folks at many WIBs and EOCs, high schools and colleges.

Our entry level workforce is poorly trained and inexperienced.

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Report: ‘Credentials inflation’ locking people out of good jobs [View all] LuckyTheDog Sep 2014 OP

KnR. I will probably write a long reply to this important post later, but for now, tblue37 Sep 2014 #1

A college degree is the price you pay for a job out of the rain. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2014 #2

It's a filter, IMO. A degree today is the equivalent to a high school diploma in the 1960s. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #3

But it's ridiculous to load up on debt for these jobs TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #4

I fully agree. We should have, really, free education through college. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #5

Online "college" isn't helping phil89 Sep 2014 #6

But it does have it's place TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #7

If burger flipping french fry scooping picture pushing order taking starts paying $15 an hour Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #8

yes! it's gotten crazy Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #9

Our schools have quit teaching skills like cursive Ruby the Liberal Sep 2014 #10

Part of the problem is that there are fewer "good jobs." Brickbat Sep 2014 #11