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Barista jokes aside, in my experience people studying English, etc. are doing something they enjoy. Their expectation is that their BA is merely a credential to
by JackFr 6y ago
Barista jokes aside, in my experience people studying English, etc. are doing something they enjoy. Their expectation is that their BA is merely a credential to get by the gatekeepers for the millions of jobs that require a college degree but really have no specific use for one.
- AmericanChopper 6y agoHow many jobs actually exist that screen for “any college degree”?
- robotresearcher 6y agoThe key with a generic degree is that it admits you to specialized training afterwards, or careers with on-the-job training like civil servants. In the US there are this many people in these jobs that have any 4-year-degree as their entrance qualification to vocational training: 3.2 million teachers. 2.8 million civil servants 1.35 million lawyers. 0.25 million military officers. Those four alone are around 5% of all the jobs in the US (7.6/155 million).
- thu2111 6y agoI think there's quite a lot, when you count the jobs where there's no specific degree requirement but HR/recruiting/middle managers will express a strong preference for candidates with degrees. Maybe not explicitly but their choices aren't usually rigorous to begin with, so such biases can easily creep in.