Colorado Technical University

10 points. Do you think people with college degrees will get good jobs?

My good friend graduated from Temple University in 2006. She has BA degrees in English. She has been searching for jobs since graduated. Though he has no luck. She has been worked in CVS, Burger King, and Homeschooling children. A few friends who have philosophy and political science degrees are selling insurances. What do you think? Have you seen this before?

Public Comments

1. people w/ college degrees usually get good jobs, sometimes it takes a while though.
2. I think people with college degrees will get better jobs. If you friend got a degree in English what kind of job is she looking for? Some degree just doesn't worth as much as the others. If your friend for a degree in accountant, I am sure she would already find a job even before she graduated. Oh and also location too. If your friend went back home to a town of 100-150 people I dont think degree will do much for her.
3. yes, most job applications look at the collage degrees and other jobs u have worked at so if u have a good education and stayed at the same job for a while (aka never been fired) then u will probly be accepted
4. Sometimes recent college grads are a bit too picky. Coming out of school you still need to be willing to accpet low pay and long or irregular hours to establish the fact that not only can you learn, you can actually work and apply knowledge. A college degree entitles a person to nothing by itself.
5. More often than not people with college degrees have the potential to get better jobs than those with only a high school diploma. Statistics show that the average college graduate makes much more money than do those without them. The current state of employment now makes it so that most people without a "practical degree" (i.e. Medicine, finance, engineering) or higher than a BA in humanities subjects difficult to find a true career. The most common course of action for humanities and political science majors is usually to go into teaching at the k-12 and community college level. It's fairly common to see this.
6. yes, happens all the time. The degree that one gets will have an affect on what job they are able to get. Philosophy and English degrees have limited potential especially as a BA degree. along with those that you mentioned psychology, economics, math majors require a higher Masters or doctorate in order to get a job in that field. There are a few exceptions though.
7. I think that people with college degrees have a far better chance at getting and raising through the ranks, in the higher paid white collar market. There will be positions that those without a college degree can't qualify for on the basis of the lack of degree alone. I worked for a huge Fortune 500 company and although there were competent non degreed people doing essentially the same work as their degreed counterparts, their degreed counterparts were hired in at a greater salary and were "promotable." Many companies view a college degree as symbolic of a certain level of intelligence. They don't want their top people (many of whom rise up through the ranks) to be non degreed because it makes the company appear to be run by a bunch of uneducated people. As far as your friend goes, I've seen many people, with various seemingly unrelated degrees, go to work in large corporations and find their place there. For example, her degree in English could help her land a position in the PR department. She could land in the Contracts Department. She probably just hasn't figured out how to make herself "fit" into the corporate world. My advice to her would be to make application to large corporations or local, state and federal government. They may offer her a job that she didn't even consider just based on the fact that she is college educated.
8. people do get good jobs with college degrees. some people with a degree in something work in a different field, like my dad, he's got a degree in business but he's working in computer programming...go figure.