There are many top level academic colleges in this country that have very high standards and are excellent universities. Perhaps these students are snapped right up after graduation, but it’s hard to believe that they are the minority.
Believe it.
When I talk to employers, this is what I hear: The pool of young people applying for jobs broadly divides into two groups:
1. The kids who have gone to college, screwed around (and yes, that includes the “elite” universities) and then they come out, thinking the world owes them a living....
and
2. The young people who have served in the military, most of whom know how to show up on time, dressed for work and who know how to work as a team or take individual initiative.
Group #2 is in demand.
Group #1... there’s a whole lot of weeding-out that has to be done.