Jobs Gap Between College, High School Graduates Widens.

Wall Street Journal ^ | December 6 2013 | Josh Mitchell

[gooblah]

College graduates claimed the bulk of last month’s job gains, while high-school grads with no college lost jobs, highlighting a persistent divide in the recovery.

[ClearCase_guy]

a persistent divide in the recovery.

Yeah. Sure. Keep that language going. We still believe it.

[BenLurkin]

From the article:

Of course, though college grads are getting the lion’s share of the jobs, it doesn’t mean those are good jobs. Overall employment gains have come from lower wage jobs, with many graduates underemployed.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Huh? All the Hispanic high school (and less) graduates in my neighborhood have steady jobs, drive late-model pick-up trucks and pay their rent on time while the college grads sit at home watching Jeopardy.

[ConservativeInPA]

It all depends on what jobs the college graduates are getting. If their major was EE, I hope the job isn’t and McDonalds. If their major is African-American Homosexual Transgender studies, I hope the job isn’t McDonalds, even though I haven’t stepped into a McDonalds in a good ten years.

[SnuffaBolshevik]

I’m waiting for the Radical Feminist Studies Masters degree holder to finish changing the oil in my Super Duty at Jiffy Lube.

I’d take her to lunch if she was hot, but she isn’t.

[bravo whiskey]

because too many employers have college degree requirements for jobs that don’t need a degree but experience. graoic design is flooded with unnecessary degrees when ability abd experience can be just as productive. but many “failed” artists become teachers so it is like a 3D printer printing copies of itself.

[Myrddin]

Raise minimum wage and the competition demands better credentials. The bar is raised beyond the unskilled high school grad boundary. Perhaps above AA/AS degree as well.

[SunkenCiv]

Obvious racism! /s

Thanks gooblah.

[9YearLurker]

I wonder how many older Americans without degrees retired, quit or passed away, while younger ones with useless ones took their place.

[Colorado Doug]

If their major is African-American Homosexual Transgender studies they are now either working for the federal government or teaching your kids.

[tbw2]

And half of college grads are working in jobs that don’t require a degree, in essence taking jobs from the less educated.