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Thread: Employers Rethink Need for College Degrees in Tight Labor Market

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    Trade/vocational schools should be reinstituted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hanger4 View Post
    Trade/vocational schools should be reinstituted.
    Among other things, yes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Many colleges will close. Not all. The degree is still appropriate for many jobs.
    Of course it is.

    Engineering
    Medical
    Law
    Business

    If you are going for something other then that good luck to your parents who are essentially pissing away their money on a more then likely worthless degree!

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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    That's probably a good move for employers but another nail in the coffin of colleges.

    If a person can do the job well, whether or not he or she is degreed, it benefits the employer.
    I've hired quite a few people over time and character has always come first.

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