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Why are so many students failing to find good jobs after college? – The Washington Post
The career center is going to be crucial in preparing incoming students of all backgrounds for career preparation in demand that means hiring career center professionals with extensive career experience not someone who has remained in the same career for 30 years. Social networking or "schmoozing" business Fortune 500 companies to consider students through internships externships summer school employment will make or break a college’s ranking.
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College freshmen now regularly say the No. 1 reason to attend college is to “get a better job,” according to a major annual survey of incoming students conducted by UCLA
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As a result, that responsibility is usually left to career centers, which typically are underfunded and often tucked away in a corner of campus that students don’t find until their senior year, if ever.
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career centers are failing students, according to new research out this week from Gallup and Purdue University.
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No wonder so many students are struggling to launch after college. Nearly half of new graduates are underemployed, working jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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The Gallup survey found that 20 percent of students acquired an internship or job through a friend. Another half found their jobs through professors or other staff members on campus.
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Fewer than half of college seniors in the annual National Survey of Student Engagement, a poll of college freshmen and seniors, said they talked often with a faculty member about their career plans.
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Those students will need help in navigating the informal campus networks, and in getting the internships during college that are of increasing importance for landing a good job afterward.
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Yes I think college is needed to succeed in life in the future. Having degrees in a certain field helps you become the best that you can be at a certain job.
Very good answer.