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. In all, some 17 million college-educated Americans have jobs that don't require their level of education. Why?
The data comes from a the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and can be seen here in handy, depressing chart form:Read the rest at Gizmodo
There Are 5,000 Janitors in the U.S. with PhDs
by Kyle VanHemert
2 comments:
The last time someone made note of the fact that highly educated people could not find work to match their skills was in Eygpt.
Granted the person in Eygpt who set himself on fire attempted to start a business and the gubbament monopolists prevented this poor sole from feeding his family, he turned anger inward, I don't think the anger will be turned inward in the US.
output gap anyone??!?!?!
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