Jennifer Provencher blog 8

This week’s chapter entailed learning about School-to-Work Transitions. This chapter was extremely relevant to me, as I only have 1 more year until I start this transition.  I was a little depressed when I read “post-secondary educational pursuits come with no guarantee of employment at their completion” (242). After 6 years of schooling, I sure hope to find a job as quickly as possible even if that does mean leaving the country for work. However, even with my first degree (a bachelor of arts) I found it extremely hard to find a job. I found the concept of “overqualification” or cases where educational attainment of the employees exceeds that required for the job (242) to be interesting. I have friends who have worked extremely hard, were at the top of their microbiology classes and have come home and ended up in serving jobs. Personally, I think that ending up in a job like that when you have a university degree to be very unfortunate. I was also shocked when I read “approximately one in three Canadians are in jobs not matched to their educational training” (242). I think that if this “trend” is going to continue, the government needs to step in and either take away Bachelor programs or start guaranteeing decent jobs for graduates.

Discussion question: What are some solutions that could stop graduates that hold degrees from being overqualified in jobs.