Degree inflation doesn’t pay

I was chatting with a guy at the Budget Rental desk at LAX. He was talking about his college degree, and I was surprised that someone handing out car keys had a college degree. He said that Budget was requiring all of their desk workers to have a Bachelor’s Degree. 

I guess you have to do something with that English / History / Psychology / Sociology / Women’s Studies / …. degree. 

Now that unemployment is down, employers may think twice about degree inflation, writes Preston Cooper inForbes. They can’t afford to be too picky.

“Employers are seeking a bachelor’s degree for jobs that formerly required less education, even when the actual skills required haven’t changed or when this makes the position harder to fill,” reported Burning Glass in 2014.

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Via Joanne Jacobs

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