Analyzing the Influence of College Degrees on Job Opportunities

This essay examines the influence of college degrees on an individual's job opportunities. It presents three main arguments: a college degree leads to better career opportunities, enhances job security and satisfaction, and addresses the counter-argument that not all graduates secure well-paid jobs. The essay explores the benefits of higher education, including enhanced skills, increased knowledge, and improved decision-making abilities. It also acknowledges that while a degree can open doors, it doesn't guarantee success. The essay includes counter-arguments and rebuttals, drawing on various sources to support its claims, and highlights the importance of skills and qualifications in the job market. It also addresses the value of a college degree in terms of job satisfaction and the potential for long-term employment, while recognizing that not all graduates find high-paying jobs immediately. The essay concludes by emphasizing the importance of skills, education, and the need to enhance skills for better job performance.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
ARGUMENT- 1 College degree leads to have Better career opportunities ...................................1
ARGUMENT 2 Degree enables Job security and satisfaction........................................................2
ARGUMENT 3 NOT ALL GRADUATES GET WELL PAID JOBS...........................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
A career is often composed for term as job held, title earned and work accomplished over
a long period of time rather then referring for one position (Goldin and Katz, 2018). Thus,
progress and action taken by a person throughout a lifetime and this also relates with person
occupations. In addition to it, job search is performed if an individual is either the unemployed
and dissatisfied with their current position. The present report is based on topic as Does a degree
influence an individual job opportunities. This is one of the act that is for searching for
employment. This thins will not guarantee that the person can have great job if he have college
degree it totally depends over skills of an individual.
ARGUMENT- 1 College degree leads to have Better career opportunities
Earning a college degree is one of the crucial concept in life and it has becomes the
dream of each person in life. It is most suitable and common partway to get the better career. At
the time of taking entering into the college no one have actually idea that what they wants to do
while they grew up (Granovetter, 2018). Thus, college gives range of skills there are many
graduates who ends up in the fields. In the present environment, majority of high school
graduates works in service industry at low paying jobs. The graduate person can able to enhance
his skills and take initiatives to perform their job in better mode. There are both advantages and
disadvantages and this all will be helpful to make the investment of time and money to go to
college. Thus, the self discipline and ability to get the job done will be crucial to get higher level
of competency in the career. The qualified education leads to enhance the knowledge about the
person and it helps to bring more practical about the things in life. In addition to it, this is very
essential to obtain the college in terms to make the right decision in companies or business
anywhere.
Counter argument
Yes, getting the college degree allows a person to get hire for some establishment. With
help of it, they also get chance to get employed. This helps to reflects the qualification of person
in the legal terms. Thus, the one of the associated degree will help the students with a lot of
opportunities. The better job qualification leads to get good and efficient job. Thus, skills helps
to develop the person in the effective manner and it also helps to bring out the best from the
candidate ( Hamilton, Roksa and Nielsen, 2018 ). In addition to this, having the degree but
unskilled person do not get employed for the longer term and it also affects affects the
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recruitment and staffing of the enterprise. With the help of optimize and maximization the
qualification person can leads towards better job performance in market. Better and effective
education leads to have Right opportunities in career and it helps to bring the systematic working
and discipline in individual life. Thus, having the college degree will also give helps to have
significantly impact over standard of living and person can perform his work in more better and
efficient mode. Thus, article “Degree of success” may also helps to have wide range of incomes
among the people who have obtained the college degree. In order to play the better role it is
essential to enhance the skill so that person can perform his role in better mode and this helps to
do the things in more better and efficient mode.
Rebuttal
The evidence will clearly known about the getting influence to have skills that helps to
qualify them to have skill that qualify them for broad range of employment In the fields that
offers the more upward mobility. It is both myth and true that getting the degree leads to get job
easier. The all things depends over the qualification and skills of person. This statement can be in
the both aspects negative as well positive.
Evidence
Benefits of Earning a College Degree. 2018. [Online] Available through
https://www.educationcorner.com/benefit-of-earning-a-college-degree.html
ARGUMENT 2 Degree enables Job security and satisfaction
Having the post secondary degree is really very hard to get the better job security. Thus,
educated staff plays crucial role for the some enterprises. Furthermore, it can be stated that
college degree is also one of the valuable college degree. This kind of things bring substantial
rewards not only to the firm but also to the firm as well. The college graduate who has got his
degree under the right discipline then they have right to get above higher income, employment
benefits and advancement opportunities leads to get the better job satisfaction (Wilensky, 2018
). These are the things that leads to have job qualification. This investments will help you to give
more amount of the job cuts and it also can be beneficial in terms to get long term employment
and unemployment as well.
Counter argument
Yes, it can be stated that getting the college degree can also assists to have the job
security and satisfaction. In addition to it, data shows the economic recession that the college
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graduates are less vulnerable to the layoffs. The better skills and qualification leads you to get
the job but there is no guarantee that of person have college degree it will be less likely to suffer
the long terms employment and unemployment. On the other hand, it also stated that college
degree also provides freedom to opt a career in which individuals has real interest.
Rebuttal
In this, it has been stated that attending the college is one of the major commitment to the
terms as time and money but it is also the down payment to the success. Thus, it can be stated
that earning the college degree will also be helpful in order to realize the goals of career as well
as life in general. This is the term that requires a lot of hard work and that also helps to be
challenged and reward the career and be the more fruitful about the life (Parks-Yancy and
Cooley, 2018). In addition to this, it can be stated that hiring the managers will also look at the
education in order to judge work ethic and capability to determine that what type of candidate
will be more suitable for the company culture.
Evidence
Benefits of Earning a College Degree. 2018. [Online] Available through
https://www.educationcorner.com/benefit-of-earning-a-college-degree.html
ARGUMENT 3 NOT ALL GRADUATES GET WELL PAID JOBS
The employers are raising for the educational requirement for the new hires and they
wants to hire the person who have capability to make better workplace environment. Thus, it can
be stated that more of half of the employees and it assists the person in order to get the job done
by the higher professionals. Thus, it also stated that it is not essential that good degree enables to
have the get well paid job. Thus, person need to be stronger performer in order to get the better
opportunities in life. Thus, the part of growing up is also inclusive of learning to do the things as
per individuals capabilities.
Counter argument
The college education takes time, efforts, dedication and lot of money and it is also
helpful in terms to enhance the skill and depth of knowledge about the subject. Yes, it is true to
said that college degree doesn't guarantee to have better job but it results higher wages over the
length of career and it also provides perquisites for same profession. There are so many people
who can have money without proper education but to have a successful career without the need
of further education will lead to conduct the each things in well and organized manner.
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Thus, it can be stated that some people can have phenomenal success without a college degree
and some people are excel at university but they dong get much success in career (5 Reasons
College Does NOT Equal Success | Do You NEED A Degree To Succeed? | Myths Of
University Education, 2018.). The college education is expensive in order to have fair idea of the
number involved.
Rebuttal
Under it, its can be stated that having the diploma or degree can benefit the individual in
many ways. This is useful in order to apply for job so that all things can be run in the efficient
mode. At the same time, it can also be stated that usually college graduated have tough time to
finding work. Thus, this kind of results also shows the cumulative effect and the longer stay in
college will be helpful in order to acquire the college degree and this all relates with having
bright career in near future. In addition to this, this can also be stated that the good job will be
helpful in terms to rewarding the job and benefit the other people about the same. Furthermore,
college degree is useful in terms to enhance the marketable skills so that individual can perform
his role in better and effective manner.
Evidence
Does a College Education Really Guarantee a Better Job?. 2018. [Online] Available
through:<https://www.theclassroom.com/college-education-really-guarantee-better-job-
15236.html>
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Goldin, C. and Katz, L.F., 2018. The race between education and technology. In Inequality in the
21st Century. Routledge.
Granovetter, M., 2018. Getting a job: A study of contacts and careers. University of Chicago
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Hamilton, L., Roksa, J. and Nielsen, K., 2018. Providing a ‘‘Leg Up’’: Parental Involvement and
Opportunity Hoarding in College. Sociology of Education. 91(2). pp.111-131.
Wilensky, H.L., 2018. Measures and effects of social mobility. In Social structure and mobility
in economic development. Routledge.
Parks-Yancy, R. and Cooley, D., 2018. Who gets the job? First-generation college students'
perceptions of employer screening methods. Journal of Education for Business. 93(1).
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5 Reasons College Does NOT Equal Success | Do You NEED A Degree To Succeed? | Myths Of
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