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"The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job.
Consider the 45-person law firm of Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh here in Atlanta, a place that has seen tremendous growth in the college-educated population. Like other employers across the country, the firm hires only people with a bachelor’s degree, even for jobs that do not require college-level skills.
This prerequisite applies to everyone, including the receptionist, paralegals, administrative assistants and file clerks. Even the office “runner” — the in-house courier who, for $10 an hour, ferries documents back and forth between the courthouse and the office — went to a four-year school.
“College graduates are just more career-oriented,” said Adam Slipakoff, the firm’s managing partner. “Going to college means they are making a real commitment to their futures. They’re not just looking for a paycheck...”
Unfortunately there's enough college graduates available and willing to do these kinds of jobs that it makes sense to use the requirement as a way to filter out people.
I saw two postings recently. One was for a front desk position at a luxury hotel, and the other was for a warehouse shipping position. Both required a degree.
The reason that a degree is required for these jobs is that employers can get away with it due to the plentiful labor supply. Lots of college-educated people (such as myself) are willing to take drastic pay cuts in positions for which they are overqualified. I am in my 30s and I was laid off from a job making $70,000 per year 2 years ago. I ended up accepting a position for $38,000. It's the nature of the beast.
"The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job.
Consider the 45-person law firm of Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh here in Atlanta, a place that has seen tremendous growth in the college-educated population. Like other employers across the country, the firm hires only people with a bachelor’s degree, even for jobs that do not require college-level skills.
This prerequisite applies to everyone, including the receptionist, paralegals, administrative assistants and file clerks. Even the office “runner” — the in-house courier who, for $10 an hour, ferries documents back and forth between the courthouse and the office — went to a four-year school.
“College graduates are just more career-oriented,” said Adam Slipakoff, the firm’s managing partner. “Going to college means they are making a real commitment to their futures. They’re not just looking for a paycheck...”
I saw this in the NYT and it's just a law firm in Cobb county with a snobby and elitist attitude. The picture along with it featured young, attractive girls. I almost think that these lawyers are looking for cute throphy wives along with cute girls to drool over. Because they are only hiring young college grads, they may be making themselves a target for an age/minority discrimination lawsuit.
With this horrible economy and an over abundance of college grad I see this often. I just saw a job basically shipping items in a factory that required a degree.
It is discrimination when an employer only hires recent grads but sadly hard to prove in court.
"The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job.
Consider the 45-person law firm of Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh here in Atlanta, a place that has seen tremendous growth in the college-educated population. Like other employers across the country, the firm hires only people with a bachelor’s degree, even for jobs that do not require college-level skills.
This prerequisite applies to everyone, including the receptionist, paralegals, administrative assistants and file clerks. Even the office “runner” — the in-house courier who, for $10 an hour, ferries documents back and forth between the courthouse and the office — went to a four-year school.
“College graduates are just more career-oriented,” said Adam Slipakoff, the firm’s managing partner. “Going to college means they are making a real commitment to their futures. They’re not just looking for a paycheck...”
u r so right. but will an american y generation kid look at a trade program, u have got to be kidding.
soon we will be like france, where the guy who cleans your toilet and prepares your meals has a PhD.
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