10 Top-Paying Skills Your Students Need in 2017

We’re living in an age where college degrees are the norm.

This year an estimated 1,882,000 college students are going to graduate with bachelor’s degrees. Every single one of them is hoping to land a great job that will pay the bills, but what exactly are future employers looking for in a graduate? The answer is actually quite simple . . .

More than Just a Degree

While it’s true that the average college graduate makes $15,000 more per year than non-graduates, the research and the experts are both saying that the value of college degrees has peaked. What does that mean for new job seekers?

Well for one thing it means that having a diploma doesn’t guarantee a great job. Employers aren’t looking for people who can graduate and memorize and regurgitate other people’s thoughts. They’re looking for people who will contribute something useful to a company. Plenty of job candidates have fancy degrees, but according to a report from PayScale, more than half of managers agree that recent graduates are not ready to enter the workforce and perform well in a new job. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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