Underemployment on the Rise for Graduates

Underemployment on the Rise for Graduates

Does going to college and obtaining a degree guarantee one an acceptable job after college? Many college students never once research their major and look at the job openings available after graduation. Students think that going to college is going to guarantee them the high paying job that they imagined, but jobs are in high demand and underemployment is on the rise. Many recent college graduates are finding themselves in a panic to find a job that is adequate enough for their needs. Increasing numbers of recent college graduates are ending up in relatively low-skilled jobs that, in the past, have gone to those with lower levels of educational attainment. Underemployment among college graduates has caused some experts to wonder whether a college degree is worth the high cost, which sometimes lands students suffocating in debt. The causes of underemployment in graduates are the flooding of the job markets, your career path, and economic recession.

Job flooding.. Political leaders and college presidents have argued that the nation must increase the proportion of adults with college degrees in order for America to remain competitive in the global economy. The growth of college-educated labor is exceeding the growth in the demand for such labor in the labor market (Are Recent). We have been affected by degree inflation so much that the average citizen is overeducated for her position and the job market for educated workers is completely consumed up. People who spent years in school training for jobs that pay well can’t find work when they graduate. About five million college graduates are in jobs the BLS says require less than a high-school education (Savitz). Our high underemployment and un...

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...do not hold college degrees are being pushed out of jobs that degree holders are taking. Essentially the country is in a bad way with unemployment and perhaps guiding its future employees down more practical paths. As far as the three studies mentioned earlier, it seems like everyone, but those in the medical field, is having a difficult time. No one is where they want to be. For an example, Kathryn Higgins wants to work in a museum. But, even though she holds a bachelor's degree in literary and a master’s degree in public humanities, she knows that finding a job that fits her education and skills would be like “winning the lottery.” Higgins is twenty nine and lives in Seattle. She works several part-time jobs, including as a nanny and in a daycare watching kids, that don't require a college degree, a “hustle" that she says allows her to just make ends meet (Adams).