Professor Elam

thursday March 6, 2014

The share of Americans ages 22 to 27 with at least a bachelor's degree in jobs that don't require that level of education was 44 percent in 2012, up from 34 percent in 2001, the study found

Here is another story about  a college graduate history major orking as a bartender.  This knocks the non college grad worker down to $7.82 and hour at MCD. This articl cites a restaurant chain where 60% of the employees hold college degrees but fewer than 10 positions of 700 require a degree.

the problem is that colleges continue to produce graduates in fields where there are too many already, like history, or there are simply no logical jobs for the graduates, think sociology or anthropolgy.

While this is not so much the case for accounting grads, still, achieving your real goals will require more than just a degree. This is why I emphasize working on a ladder of certifications, easy to the more difficult. More employers want to see individuals with the self motivation to accomplish such things on their own.

I recently received a nice e mail from a recent TAMUSA accounting grad. He landed a position.When asked what he planned to do for his future in the interview, he was able to speak knowledge ably about CIA and CMA and CPA. This was a result of my assiging written reports on certifications and hvaing such professionals come to class.

Plan your successful strategy now. Plan on a ladder of certifications.