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I interviewed probably 60 to 80 entry-level employees for my small business over the years. I really preferred a high-school graduate who had worked some temp jobs in different fields to a new college graduate.

The bright, well-spoken high school graduates seemed to be able to learn new skills faster and more willingly than the college grads who majored in one field and could get stuck in a rut. Also, I had a lot of independent contractors who had basically just gone to trade school and made significantly more money than the college grads, which caused a lot of resentment in the workplace.

Yep. I'm in IT, that field attracts all sorts. My degree is in Engineering...I work with a couple of accountants, a couple of business majors, and of all things, a music major. It's slowly changing, but for a long time, computers were a field that you just sort of found your way into, rather than starting out saying "I'm going to be a Cisco Engineer! Whee!"

Kid I talked to is some kind of an IT major from a 4-year college. I wasn't interested in hiring him, so honestly, I just tuned out that bit. Additionally, I told him that most of my team only had HS diplomas.....they got their technical training OJT from Uncle Sam.

He really, really didn't like that. But, to his credit, he kept his mouth shut. Might be a little hope for him, just not where I'm working now.