How Hard Was It for 2022 College Grads?
How Is the Domestic Employment Rate Being Achieved?
In the case of college students, most universities require you to submit a tripartite employment agreement as a condition for receiving your degree. This is a quota system—you can’t just opt out. (If a particular class or major fails to meet its employment rate targets, the result is either reduced enrollment or outright elimination of that program.)
For most ordinary people, making the wrong choice early on sets off a chain reaction: one misstep leads to another, and every delay compounds. Without someone in the family who has the vision to help plan and make decisions, fate feels almost sealed in today’s society, where social mobility is increasingly difficult. (Every choice carries a cost. If you start at a small company, it becomes much harder to move to a large corporation and eventually leverage that platform to transition into an investor role...)