Flip side of that coin is that too many hiring managers have been brainwashed into believing you NEED a degree to do their job.
Fact of the matter is, in the vast majority of cases you do not.
That highlights a larger but related problem.
At one time it was accepted that not everyone was college material.
Entry and graduation requirements were enforced and when you earned your diploma it signified that you had been educatied and gained knowledge to a certain level.
But political correctness and leftist fantasies of equality changed that with programs like Affirmative Action and racial set-asides.
Now high school students who can't even read, write and speak at the high school level are being pushed, and accepted, into college.
And in order to pass them through to graduation the colleges have had to dumb down entry requirements as well as graduation requirements.
How many of us have worked with some of these "college graduates" who have almost zero knowledge, skills or ability?
Many cannot even do basic math, write a legible memo, speak inteeligibly or do simple, basic tasks.
I have worked with some who could not even make change on a retail sale without a computer cash register telling them how much change to return to the customer.
It is a disservice to the students and society at large to push low IQ people through college if they are going to come out at the other end with a meaningless sheepskin and no real knowledge or education.
Think about the stupidity of people like Congressman Hank Johnson ('Hope Guam doesn't tip over'), Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee ('American flag on Mars') and Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
All three have college degrees but are as dumb as a bag of rocks.
Buckeye McFrog wrote: “Flip side of that coin is that too many hiring managers have been brainwashed into believing you NEED a degree to do their job. Fact of the matter is, in the vast majority of cases you do not.”
The “fact of the matter” is hiring managers cannot use aptitude tests for fear of discrimination suits so they require a college degree.
Yes! Yes, yes, YES! I’ve been saying this since I was in college myself, lo these many years ago.
And now, many employers won’t even meet with a job applicant until his resume is put through a computer to scan for the “proper” words and phrases.
SMH
Regards,