Part of the reason these kids remain jobless is because they enroll in majors like Philosophy, French Literature, or Gender Studies, peppered with BS electives. There should be no surprise they’re still living with Mom and Pop and collecting carts at the local supermarket for minimum wage, while not being taken seriously by any professional HR recruiter.
Ok, you gotta be shitting me lumping Philosophy in as a BS degree... you are aware that most philosophy courses are only a few courses removed from a Mathematics degree, right?
There should be no surprise they’re still living with Mom and Pop and collecting carts at the local supermarket for minimum wage, while not being taken seriously by any professional HR recruiter.
I dunno, I have a BS in CS -- and the jobs aren't exactly falling at my feet; this despite having a bit of a desire to work with Ada (used commonly in Aerospace, nuclear, and other safety-critical fields -- and not a common line-item on CS grad's resumes) though some is likely due to not having "6 years of experience and a top secret clearance."
That’s simply not true. Of my children’s friends, I know *one* who is going for an art degree. The rest went into welding, auto mechanics, engineering, computers, diesel mechanics, etc.
The problem is that these kids have to pay for a degree instead of working an apprenticeship. By the time they get out, they have $10-25,000 in debt... to learn a TRADE.
Then they apply for entry-level jobs the the employers (who wanted the degree for an entry-level job) don’t want to pay them more than $10 an hour.
How can a kid pay off that kind of debt on that wage? To top it off, it’s getting harder and harder to even find a full-time entry-level job.