Hi Karyn,

I suppose I'm of two minds about this; on the one hand, the idea that someone with 5 or 6 years of post-secondary education is only qualified to start raises my eyebrows. Shouldn't we be expecting more of this level of education? People with bachelors' degrees should be filling those entry-level positions. (Then I remember some of the CVs that have come across my desk...)

On the other hand, I've heard too many anecdotes about MBAs who were barely qualified to write their names being given authority over people with many years' experience (but no magical piece of paper). Doesn't a company that blindly values a degree over experience really say that it values inexperience -- or youth -- over experience?

This all reminds me of the old joke about the guy with the MPhil who, in desperation, lowers his standards and applies for a job at McDonald's. "We don't have any positions for someone with your level of education", the manager tells him: "all of our people have PhDs."