Why You Need a Degree for Jobs That Never Did

Why do so many jobs require a college degree now, even jobs people did well for decades without one? This video explains degree inflation: how bachelor's degree requirements spread to middle-skill jobs like supervisors and technicians, why employers raise the bar when applicants are plentiful, and why "degree no longer required" announcements barely changed who gets hired. We follow one job, the production supervisor, from a time when about 1 in 9 adults had a degree to today, when nearly 4 in 10 do, and look at what that means for anyone starting out: the cost of the "ticket," underemployment after graduation, and whether a degree is still worth it. CHAPTERS 0:00 Same job, two ads 0:31 Two out of three 1:31 When a degree was rare 2:30 The arms race 3:15 When the line gets long 4:32 The filter nobody sees 5:31 Who pays for the ticket 6:43 The reset that wasn't 7:53 So is a degree worth it?