When I was graduating university for the first time in 2008 and struggling to find a job I remember my friends and I saying, “today having a four year degree is equivalent to our parents having a high school degree…it just isn’t enough.”
So, when I couldn’t find a job in the depths of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, what was the answer?
Well, more school of course.
In order for me to get a job I needed to go back to school and do another degree, or two. So, that’s what I did.
I recently read that Google, Apple and 13 other companies are no longer requiring employees to have a college degree. Continue reading “An End to the Reign of the Four Year Degree?”