| HappySqurriel said: That isn't surprising, but a doctor becoming a nurse is still not the same as a PHD becoming a janitor ... I know there is a problem in Canada because of how our immigration system works that a lot of highly educated people come to the country and then their degrees are not recognized, but this isn't the major source of underemployment. About 1.5 million, or 53.6 percent, of bachelor's degree-holders under the age of 25 last year were jobless or underemployed, the highest share in at least 11 years. In 2000, the share was at a low of 41 percent, before the dot-com bust erased job gains for college graduates in the telecommunications and IT fields. Out of the 1.5 million who languished in the job market, about half were underemployed, an increase from the previous year. While there are (obviously) people in these statistics who graduated in the last 6 months, the majority of these new graduates would (probably) come from graduating classes in 2010 and 2009. For recent graduates who didn't get a "real" job in their first year, it becomes increasingly difficult to get that entry level job as time goes on and they're (effectively) trapped in their low level job. |
I would say a MD becoming a nurse is more surprising considering MD's will always be in demand while there are tons of bullshit majors to get a phd in such as philosopohy or history (Im a philosophy minor I'm allowed to hate). Anyway like I said some MDs are also taking jobs as technicians such as ekg's or phlebotomy which only require a certificate (which is like 8 credits) and pay nearly as much as janitors (it's like 18 dollars an hour).
And besides, this conversation started from me saying janitors are low educated low level peons. Someone provided a source say all but 5% are low educated so I stand by my statement
