Originally Posted by Bostonian
ATLANTA —The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job.

Consider the 45-person law firm of Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh here in Atlanta, a place that has seen tremendous growth in the college-educated population. Like other employers across the country, the firm hires only people with a bachelor’s degree, even for jobs that do not require college-level skills.

This was pretty much my point.

A basic college degree simply means that you can be hired for a non-labor intensive job.

My assistant (formerly the receptionist) has a college degree.

The college degree is one reason she got hired in the first place (I didn't do the hiring).