Degree of Surprise.

Recently, during the process of renting a car at Enterprise, I was rather impressed by the service I received from Steve Grau, the young man who waited on me. He just seemed a cut above most car rental employees I have encountered. As he escorted me toward the rental I was surprised to learn that his company only hires college graduates. No degree, no employment. It occurred to me that the era of the gold watch has totally been replaced by the revolving door mentality, making a college degree one of many boxes that must be checked by HR departments. If that is the case, does it matter what degree you have? Not really, according to the young man. Obviously, there will always be careers that require a high level of specialization and therefore a targeted degree; law and medicine come to mind. But for many careers a degree has become simply a required ticket to enter; not the training for the work itself. As the revolving door rotates open for each of us more often throughout our short lived careers, it might be worth noting that it is more important to get a degree, than to worry about which degree to get. Alternatively, if you have a degree but have not found work in your degreed field it might be time to look outside your field.