A College Degree Will Increase Your Potential To Be Employed!

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:55:20 EST

It seems that flowers weren't the only things springing up since March. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced 255,000 new jobs last April, with 162,000 more the month before. These numbers do come with a warning though, most of these new jobs went to people with degrees, a two year degree at a minimum.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, those who don't graduate from high school make up the largest chunk of the currently unemployed with 14.7%. By comparison, a people with a minimum two year degree only endure an 8.3% unemployment rate; a Bachelor or higher rate is 4.9%. The national average is 9.7%, so having a degree of any kind works in one's favor. There are also a number of industries out there that will help qualified personnel earn that minimum associates because they are going through an acute shortage of employees.

Helping them along in this are online schools, setting up work-study/internship programs. If that isn't enough, going online for a degree helps the student save money, still hold down their job and prepare to advance even higher. It's all in the way one manages one's time.

As an example, many who study drama in one form or another take courses online. They do so to be able to hold down a regular job and also be available for auditions. On the plus front, they can schedule their courses around their work and creative endeavors. At the worst, if they get their two year degree in a different area, they have a second career if all they ever do is go to auditions.

Another more direct example is a career in health care. There are a number of medical operations who hire people straight out of secondary school and then put them through an internship program. Usually the ultimate goal is to turn them into some sort of assistant - nursing, physical therapy, pharmaceutical or even dentistry. The employee works at the hospital, clinic or practice for whatever hours they are scheduled for, and then take their courses online during their off hours.

The reason for this is there are a number of positions, such as health care and information technology, where an extreme shortage of qualified people up to 2018 is seen. The Bureau foresees an increase of 30% for each kind of medical assistant listed above. They project 10% as the national average. Further, if one has a bit of ambition, one can take advantage of this to further advance themselves - both degree and career-wise. As one can imagine, a fully certified physical therapist or a registered nurse has not only a smaller unemployment rate, but also makes considerably more than their assistants.

If that isn't enough, there are also a number of grant and scholarship programs out there for these professions. All this and one has a job, too.

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A College Degree Will Increase Your Potential To Be Employed!