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The problem seems to be really one of oversupply, coupled with businesses who are afraid of discrimination lawsuits. Employers who are desperate to find people
by randomdata 10y ago
The problem seems to be really one of oversupply, coupled with businesses who are afraid of discrimination lawsuits. Employers who are desperate to find people are not in a position to make any demands about their employees, but when you have hundreds of people lining up at your door looking for a job, you have no choice but to be picky. And being picky requires something to be picky about. Education is one of the only criteria left that won't run the risk of putting you under legal scrutiny.
It really has nothing to do with the degree at all. It's just a poor-man's filtering mechanism in the absence of anything better.
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- ksrm 10y agoOversupply, or in other words lack of demand for labour. Approximately everybody needs a job.
- randomdata 10y agoSurprisingly, in the US, the number of vacant jobs is almost equal to the number who are unemployed. Virtually everyone could have a job. However, people are attracted to certain kinds of jobs, so you get long lineups for them, necessitating the need to cull applicants, and nobody lining up for others, which is where employers cannot be picky.
- coredog64 10y agoRequiring an unnecessary college degree for a job is the last bastion of acceptable racism in the US.
- kesselvon 10y agohow is that racist?
- randomdata 10y agoIt's an interesting question to an interesting suggestion. The dictionary defines race as a grouping of people by supposed genetic traits. Recent research has suggested that performance in school is largely heritable[1]. It is clear that the school system does group people by their academic ability. I, first hand, have experienced antagonism on several occasions for not having a degree. My struggles in lower-levels of school actively prevented me from even considering trying to get one. Given the above, it does seem that, strictly speaking, it could be categorized as racism, although perhaps not colloquially so. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/23/genes-influence-academic-ability-across-all-subjects-latest-study-shows https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/23/genes-influe...
- st3v3r 10y agoSome races are far less likely to have a college degree than others.
- E6300 10y ago"A doesn't hire workers who X" and "members of group Q are more likely to X" therefore "A discriminates against group Q"? "Members of group R are more likely to X" doesn't enter into the equation?
- Dirlewanger 10y agoClassism, maybe, but in no way is it racism.