"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." These words was uttered by Mark Twain. "School" and "education" has never been synonymous, but sometimes people find it difficult to distinguish the two, particularly with regard to higher education. A college degree is often considered indispensable and impossible to replace.
Earning a college degree definitely has its advantages, but obtaining the Almighty degree caused student loan debt to become a crushing burden for millennials. From 2013, the average college graduate have completed their academic career with a total of $ 30,000 in student loans. Total student loan debt in the US has now surpassed the total credit card debt. At the same time, the average starting salaries of college graduates is declining as the number of graduates in total is increasing, thanks to government programs aimed at making the university more accessible to all of society. It is a vicious circle, a bubble economy that many analysts predict will end in the same way as the disastrous housing bubble did in 08.
Fortunately, there are a growing number of alternatives to college education that are more affordable and, in some cases, open similar opportunities or better. For example, while millions of people are now without work, there are thousands of companies who are struggling to fill positions that require knowledge of a specific profession, such as machining. The two young people entering the workforce and experienced adults begin to hold on to it, thanks in part to people like Mike Rowe of "Dirty Jobs" on the Discovery Channel.
However, the bricks and mortar colleges may soon become obsolete, even for occupations that require a college education, such as technology. A company called Udacity, co-founded by Google Fellow and developer of the Google car without driver, Sebastian Thrun, offers the equivalent of a four-year degree in computer science, without all the fluff liberal arts. It is only available online for a fraction of the cost of a traditional education four-year college. Students pursuing this Udacity called "Nanodegrees" which are small, very representative curricula, specific marketable skills in the field of technologies targeted information. Udacity courses are developed by companies like Google, Facebook and AT & T so that it is not an accredited university, the name of Udacity carries some weight in the industry.
If you are one of many millennials always trying to find your way on the labor market, step back and ask some basic questions:
- Qu 'do you like to do
- what am I really good at
- what kinds? skills are the most sought?
- What is the most affordable way to get these skills?
depending on your answers, you may find that you can get the required training without all the expensive schooling! What other advice do you have for students looking for work? Please let me know in the comments below!
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