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Employers, in general, just want to hire "smart" people and the BA degree has become symbolic of something that "smart" people have. So every employer uses it a

Employers, in general, just want to hire "smart" people and the BA degree has become symbolic of something that "smart" people have. So every employer uses it as a way to just screen out the "dumb" people. At the same time, employers increasingly want new employees to have some sort of skill set that can be applied to the job. If you listen to complaints from new grads you can see a common trend - "college did not prepare me for the real world", "college did not give me the skills I need to succeed" and so on. This is why I say we need to move away from the one size fits all view of college. We need BA degrees that are "career focused" and we need BA degrees that are more academic focused. It may also be wise to have a hybrid version as well.

Pet_Ant 6y ago
> Employers, in general, just want to hire "smart" people and the BA degree has become symbolic of something that "smart" people have. So every employer uses it as a way to just screen out the "dumb" people. At the same time, employers increasingly want new employees to have some sort of skill set that can be applied to the job. Definitely this is the case. A degree is merely a signal. Eployers want the smartest 10% of the population. If they were left handed, employers would require left-handedness. What I find discouraging is how routine and repetitive most work is. It's like you are the paramedic at the county fair and you're job is bandaids on elbows, but you need to be an expert brain surgeon in case that comes up.