By Rick Dressler, Campus Representative, Syracuse University
“There are 18,000 parking lot attendants in the U.S. with college degrees. There are 5,000 janitors in the U.S. with PhDs.” This was not the plot to s Good Will Hunting 2, but rather the startling headline to an article on tech blog Gizmodo.
The article presented findings from Chronicle.com via the National Bureau of Economic research about just how many people are working jobs like waiters, bartenders and parking lot attendants that also have college diplomas. The main point of the article was to raise the question, “Is there a definite return on investing in a college education?” Clearly, they are making a case that it is there is not.
This article accomplished something that it seems like everyone in my life is trying to do. Scare me into believing that I will not be employed coming out of school…unless I do X, Y and Z. After a brief moment of panic, I realized that I have the experience, the intelligence, and the complete resume to avoid ending up the subject of a great Affleck/Damon production. I am prepared. I won’t become a janitor. Will you?
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