I've worked in STEM and in law and in both cases, companies expect you to know exactly nothing when you start fresh out of school. STEM they expect you to know how to do math and to understand the basics of your particular discipline, but any big company is going to spend a couple months training you to do things "right," and they won't expect you to be actually competent for 2-3 years. Law is even worse. They expect you to know nothing on day 1 because law school teaches you nothing related to being a lawyer.
It begs the question, why do they want you to spend the 6 figures to get a degree they know teaches you very little or nothing relevant to your job? What exactly are you learning at these schools that they think is invaluable, because it certainly isn't the subject matter.
What I got out of college was learning how to learn, and refining it so it sticks with little effort. Unfortunately most college kids see their classes as something to attend between socializing and partying, and after barely making it through they graduate with a degree and no skills at all, because they didn’t even get the learning part down.
It shows that you will basically do what you are told for years. It shows that you are a malleable sheep that now NEEDS this job because student loans are going to be due soon, not just someone that wants the job.
That is the whole story.
Requiring college degrees is nothing more than the corporate workaround, as it has long been assumed you must be smart to recieve one. Perhaps that used to be true.
I've worked in STEM and in law and in both cases, companies expect you to know exactly nothing when you start fresh out of school. STEM they expect you to know how to do math and to understand the basics of your particular discipline, but any big company is going to spend a couple months training you to do things "right," and they won't expect you to be actually competent for 2-3 years. Law is even worse. They expect you to know nothing on day 1 because law school teaches you nothing related to being a lawyer.
It begs the question, why do they want you to spend the 6 figures to get a degree they know teaches you very little or nothing relevant to your job? What exactly are you learning at these schools that they think is invaluable, because it certainly isn't the subject matter.
What I got out of college was learning how to learn, and refining it so it sticks with little effort. Unfortunately most college kids see their classes as something to attend between socializing and partying, and after barely making it through they graduate with a degree and no skills at all, because they didn’t even get the learning part down.
Very true. "Fresh college grad" is basically a synonym for "knows absolutely nothing" in the corporate world.
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It shows that you will basically do what you are told for years. It shows that you are a malleable sheep that now NEEDS this job because student loans are going to be due soon, not just someone that wants the job.
Since 1970, it is illegal for companies to IQ test their job applicants or candidates for internal promotion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co.
That is the whole story. Requiring college degrees is nothing more than the corporate workaround, as it has long been assumed you must be smart to recieve one. Perhaps that used to be true.
This is an overstatement.