Data Shed Light on Career Costs and Benefits
Better data on the credentials needed for specific careers suggest that good jobs can be had 'without as much education as you might expect'
Q: What's the first question a liberal arts major asks after graduating?
A: Do you want fries with that?
It's an old joke, but one that has taken a new, more urgent edge since the recent recession, as young people with the ink still drying on their college diplomas have found fewer jobs in their
chosen fields
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