Maybe that’s what their degree is worth?
A college degree does not equal a natural demand.
True enough. And there's nothing shameful about a college graduate working blue-collar or service jobs until he can find something commensurate with his training.
Even as a lot of colleg grads cannot find suitable work, here are some professions where there are/will be real shortages.... MOST OF THESE ARE JOB I DON’T THINK AMERICANS WANT TO DO.
SEE HERE:
...a leading economist is now predicting a labor shortage by 2018.
It may sound surprising given the recession, but Barry Bluestone, Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University projects there will be at least 5 million potential job vacancies in the U.S. and not enough people to fill them within eight years.
“If the baby boom generation retires from the labor force at the same rate and age as current older workers, the baby bust generation that follows will likely be too small to fill many of the projected new jobs,” states Bluestone’s report, After the Recovery: Help Needed - The Coming Labor Shortage and How People in Encore Careers Can Help Solve It.
This scenario could weigh heavily on the U.S. economy in years to come. According to Bluestone, the loss in total output could limit the growth of needed services and cost the economy as much as $3 trillion by 2023.
Workers over 55 will be key to closing the labor gap, notes Bluestone. “Not only will there be jobs for these experienced workers to fill,” Bluestone writes, “but the nation will absolutely need older workers to step up and take them.”
So, where will the jobs be? Bluestone’s research identifies the following 15 jobs that will provide the largest number of potential new encore career opportunities:
1. registered nurses
2. home health aides
3. personal and home care aides
4. nursing aides
5. orderlies and attendants
6. medical assistants
7. licensed practical and vocational nurses
8. medical and health service managers
9. teachers
10. teacher assistants
11. child care workers
12. business operations specialists
13. general and operations managers
14. receptionists and information clerks
15. clergy and social and human service assistants