• protist@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I’d be really interested to see the specifics of how that data is collected, but also fucking duh recent college grads are underemployed. Also, having that degree sets people up for career advancement as they gain experience and that educational background becomes even more of a prerequisite for the jobs they’re moving into

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      9 months ago

      If you are employed in a junior job within the field you have been trained in, you are not underemployed.

      What this graph shows however, is that there are a ton of degrees that seem to teach hardly any transferable skills. A sociologist without proper statistical training has almost zero value in the business world. And that’s a problem.

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        9 months ago

        What this graph shows however, is that there are a ton of degrees that seem to teach hardly any transferable skills

        This graph absolutely does not show this lol…how could you possibly derive that from this graph

        And sociologists are absolutely trained in statistics

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          9 months ago

          Or maybe we just don’t need hundreds of thousands of people trained in liberal arts.

          I’m not trying to defend businesses here, but there’s only so many places for people who are trained in over-analyzing paint and clay.