The Challenge of a Changing Higher Education Market

by Burning Glass Technologies | Jun 21, 2018 | Career Planning, Higher Education

Career Outcomes: The Key to Effective Enrollment Marketing is a six-part blog series that explores how postsecondary institutions can combat declining enrollments by appealing to untapped market segments. Although statistics show a worrying trend of declining...

Underemployment vs Unemployment: What’s the Difference?

by Burning Glass Technologies | Jun 11, 2018 | Career Planning, Higher Education, Labor Market Analysis

The U.S. unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since the Great Recession, yet our research shows four in 10 recent college graduates are underemployed. This isn’t a contradiction, and in fact the two trends can easily live side-by-side. This issue of...

First Jobs and Gender Gaps: Women More Likely to be Underemployed Than Men

by Burning Glass Technologies | May 24, 2018 | Higher Education, STEM

Women are more likely to be underemployed in their first job, a fact that may shed light on both the gender pay gap and the glass ceiling. Nearly half of all female college graduates (47%) enter the workforce in jobs for which they are overqualified, according to new...

The First Job Counts: It’s Hard to Shake Off Underemployment

by Burning Glass Technologies | May 23, 2018 | Higher Education, Research

A bad first job isn’t just a phase—it can be the start of a job market trap that keeps college graduates underemployed for a decade. One of the persistent themes about the economy since the Great Recession has been underemployment, where college graduates end up in...

Career Pathways: The Closest Thing to a Sorting Hat for Learners

by Scott Bittle | May 7, 2018 | Career Planning, Higher Education

At Hogwarts, the school for wizards, linking education with career pathways was easy. They had a hat. If you’re familiar with the Harry Potter stories, you know all about the Sorting Hat, which served as the guidance counselor at Hogwarts. On the first day, they slap...

ASU-GSV 2018 – What Did You Miss?

by Burning Glass Technologies | Apr 19, 2018 | Events, Higher Education

Having the right skill set is your most valuable asset. Those skills can be the deciding factor between making $50,000 and $80,000 in the same job. So while our team was at ASU-GSV 2018, we discussed many topics around skills in a variety of panels and sessions. One...