| Recently, I have been talking to a few of my family | | | | resumes will boast the required skills that employers |
| members and friends who are recent college | | | | are looking for and, on top of that, a graduate degree. |
| graduates, and I discovered that none of them have | | | | So, what does this mean to college students |
| decent entry-level jobs. One of them is a secretary at | | | | nowadays? |
| a law firm, another was salesperson for a company | | | | Since there is a proliferation of graduate students, |
| that he was not too crazy about, and a few others | | | | most employers require that their new recruits have a |
| are still working in part-time jobs to pay off their | | | | graduate degree. In other words, a bachelor's degree |
| student loans. None of them received job offers from | | | | is no longer competitive nowadays - unless it was |
| what they considered to be "decent full-time | | | | rewarded from a top-tier university, or it was |
| entry-level jobs". So, why is that? | | | | concentrated in a major that is in great demand. If you |
| The fact is that most employers nowadays expect | | | | browse at most of the job openings of competitive |
| their new employees to already know how to perform | | | | positions in the newspaper, job bulletins, online job |
| the tasks that they were hired for. However, this is | | | | boards, and other sources, you will find that many of |
| unfair to most recent college graduates because most | | | | them require, at least, a master's degree. Unless you |
| of them do not have enough work experience to | | | | are well-connected and know somebody who knows |
| know how to do the tasks that most experienced job | | | | that you can do the job well, chances are that your |
| positions require. As a result, they might be bright, | | | | bachelor's degree is not going to do you any good. |
| enthusiastic and have a lot of knowledge, but since | | | | Even if you received high grades in your |
| they do not have any specific skills to offer employers, | | | | undergraduate studies which can lead to a job |
| they do not get hired. Unfortunately, many college | | | | interview, the employer will take the graduate student |
| students are not aware of this, and they find out when | | | | over you. |
| it is too late. | | | | Is this fair? (You might ask.) No. But, this is the way it is. |
| Because many recent college graduates cannot find | | | | So, start saving and investing for graduate school |
| decent jobs nowadays, they resort to going back to | | | | (unless 1.you are well-connected or 2.graduated from |
| school to get their graduate degrees. During their | | | | an Ivy League-type school or 3.received a bachelor's |
| graduate studies, they learn how to develop those | | | | degree in a major that is in great demand or 4.want to |
| essential skills that employers are looking for. | | | | be in sales.) |
| Consequently, after they graduate with a master's | | | | Good luck in your future endeavors! |
| degree (or, in some cases, a doctorate's) their | | | | |