>The employment rate of community college graduates increased significantly

The employment rate of community college graduates has increased significantly. It may be easier for graduates of two-year community colleges to find jobs than graduates of four-year universities. The federal Department of Labor said on the 18th...

The employment rate of community college graduates has increased significantly. It may be easier for graduates of two-year community colleges to find jobs than graduates of four-year universities. The federal Labor Department said on the 18th that in the past six months, employment for those with associate degrees increased by 578,000 to 35.2 million, while employment for those with bachelor's degrees or above increased by only 314,000 to 46.5 million. The growing employment trend for graduates from two-year colleges illustrates the return of middle-skill jobs that disappeared during the recession, and may also be a sign that middle-skill jobs will continue to increase in the future, such as factory mechanics, heating and cooling maintenance workers, X-ray technicians, medical service personnel, and middle- and lower-level managers. "Compared with jobs requiring a bachelor's degree, employment with associate's degrees has not increased in recent years, but it may be starting to increase now," said Carneville, director of Georgetown University's Center for Education and Workforce Studies. However, employment with education below high school has stagnated since 2010, following a sharp decline in the recession. Many jobs in factories, construction and other middle-skill jobs disappeared after the recession, but employment with bachelor's degrees and above declined only slightly. During the recovery period of 2010 and 2011, employment for four-year college graduates more than tripled that of two-year community college graduates. In an economic cycle, employers shed low-skilled jobs during the recession phase, hire high-skilled workers first during the recovery phase, and eventually move middle and lower-level managers through top management. We are currently in this phase, where community college graduates are beginning to take on jobs that disappeared during the recession, which means that the economic recovery is gaining momentum. Carnevale believes that current trends also indicate that there is an increasing market demand for skilled workers who can be quickly trained and ready for employment. In order to adapt to the requirements of new occupations, many laid-off workers have gone to community colleges and technical schools for further education in recent years. The National Center for Education Statistics said that the number of people re-employed after training has increased by 14.6% since 2007, but only increased by 1.3% in the five years before 2007.