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What do most people do after they graduate college?
Here are 15 options for what to do after college.
- Be an Adventure Guide. Ascent Xmedia / Getty Images.
- Become a Nanny.
- Become a Research Assistant.
- Find an Internship.
- Invest in Your Passion.
- Start a Business.
- Take a Continuing Education Class.
- Pursue a Part-Time Job That You’re Passionate About.
What is the meaning of college graduate?
a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school. a student who holds the bachelor’s or the first professional degree and is studying for an advanced degree. a graduated cylinder, used for measuring.
Are high school graduates not prepared for college?
Recent High School Graduates Say They Are Not Prepared For College. A new national survey released by Achieve – Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work? – shows that approximately 50\% of recent high school graduates report gaps in preparation for life after high school.
Are recent graduates ready for full-time work?
Many employers say no. A recent survey revealed that only about 50\% of managers felt recent graduates were prepared for full-time work. By contrast, 87\% of college grads felt they were ready to enter the workforce. These drastically different numbers show that there is a gulf between the expectations of employers and recent graduates.
Are today’s college graduates really better off Than Yesterday’s graduates?
“The driver of that widening [gap between income] is not so much that today’s college graduates are doing better than yesterday’s college graduates are doing; it’s that today’s high school-only graduates are doing worse than yesterday’s high school-only graduates,” he says.
Why are graduates losing attention to detail?
According to the PayScale survey, 56\% of managers said recent grads were lacking attention to detail, probably thanks largely to typos, misspellings, missing attachments, or poor grammar. Some of these issues can be chalked up to writing skills.