If work performance is defined as: "follows orders well," then there is no better job candidate than a graduate of this country's most elite institutions. In a

If work performance is defined as: "follows orders well," then there is no better job candidate than a graduate of this country's most elite institutions. In addition to educational pedigree, age is almost equally as important. I had a boss who liked my work, but once asked me socially if I knew of anyone ten years my junior who was looking for a job with the same background and training. When I asked why, he told me "the younger they come, the harder we can work the hell out of them." When it comes to age, such preferences may also be related to why a lot of men seek divorces after they enter their forties or fifties and remarry much younger women.