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It's not that it provides any particular skills, but rather that it acts as an indicator that someone can take direction and instruction. If an employer has 100
by mreome 7y ago
It's not that it provides any particular skills, but rather that it acts as an indicator that someone can take direction and instruction. If an employer has 100 applicants, half of which have a high school degree or less, then they're just going to toss those applications and interview the other half simply as a matter of cost/time savings and risk reduction.
- xyzzyz 7y ago> If an employer has 100 applicants, half of which have a high school degree or less, then they're just going to toss those applications and interview the other half simply as a matter of cost/time savings and risk reduction. If this was as simple, the high school dropouts would just lie about not graduating from high school. It's not like the employer would ever find out about that.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoYou can go pretty far with lying about your education. There are plenty of successful people who had lied about their education as was found out later. I don’t think anyone ever verified my masters degree. But most people don’t lie.
- mc32 7y agoWhy couldn’t vocational training provide similar signaling? It’s more to the point (addressing skills needs), is more attractive to potential enrollees (since it’s not about “stuff I’ll never need”) and you can add soft skills as part of the technical training.