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In reply to the discussion: The Most Addictive Infographic About Walmart's Greed We've Ever Seen [View all]bobclark86
(1,415 posts)for starters: This report from today at HuffPo titled Half Of Recent College Grads Work Jobs That Don't Require A Degree http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/29/underemployed-overeducated_n_2568203.html
From the report: 15 percent of cab drivers have bachelor's degrees.
For people actually using their degrees, go to a rural area and ask how much your run-of-the-mill CNA, teacher's aide or newspaper reporter is making (and I mean counties bigger than some states with a population under 100,000 or so, not "rural" like some people consider Flushing or Hackensack).
Anecdotally, my mother works part-time, using her degree, because the job market is so depressed in her area. She coordinates volunteer drivers to get homebound seniors to their doctors appointments because the local Republicans defunded the already-pathetic public transportation system.