College Grads Are Working Jobs That Don’t Use Their Degrees

A related great read…Half of College Grads Are Working Jobs That Don’t Use Their Degrees: https://lnkd.in/efcJQEXJ.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/major-worst-finding-a-job/

Translation: Success = Pick the right major (i.e., demand > supply) + Get work experience (i.e., internships related to major) + Pick the right first job (i.e., they pay a premium for your major because of supply/demand conditions and you are job ready day one because you have professional work experience). Notice:

“More than any other factor analyzed — including race, gender and choice of university — what a person studies determines their odds of getting on a college-level career track. Internships are also critical.”

I chuckled at this one: “He also regrets taking an entry-level sales job in logistics after months of fruitless job hunting after graduation.”

“Bachelor’s degree holders in college-level jobs earn nearly 90% more than people with just a high-school diploma in their 20s.”

“…most of the graduates who don’t find work reflecting their degrees are what they call “severely underemployed, meaning they’re in jobs that only require a high school education or less.”

Picking a college major:
https://lnkd.in/eX8XUHxj

The 16 worst-paying college majors, five years after graduation: https://lnkd.in/eTyx7YpW. But…If You Majored in One of These 18 Subjects, You’ll Likely Have a Comfortable Retirement: https://lnkd.in/exHB9Duj.

Our new “apprenticeship” program: We just concluded a co-op pilot…