Too few STEM graduates? We should look after the ones we’ve got

Many who study science do not pursue it as a career, sociologist John Skrentny has found, and toxic work cultures mean that few of those who do enter industry stay for long

Published on
February 5, 2024
Last updated
February 7, 2024
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Employers are very good at pointing out perceived flaws in what other people are doing, but not so good at looking at themselves to see how they might improve.
I've been waiting for such data to be published for years and years!!!! STEM (lobbying) is such a scam... I'm myself are a graduate but it's been such an unrewarding career so far! Moreover, the starting wages for STEM graduates in Europe are extremely low. So what's the point in all that hard work? Also to be managed by incompetent yet richer morons on a daily basis?? However, STEM provides great problem-solving skills. And that's for life.
Disagree - horseshit analysis. I was non-STEM graduate with finance & mgt degree followed with MBA obtained during 1990s. For the last 35 years in the investment banking workforce servicing various industries, I had seen many engineering or sciences graduates doing non-STEM jobs like sales, marketing & banking jobs. Likewise, lots of humanities graduates were in teaching, sales & marketing and F&B jobs. Simply put, STEM graduates have the flexibility to be in STEM and non STEM jobs whilst non STEM graduates have to fight for non STEM jobs where STEM graduates can easily do these non STEM jobs.
@RusselLim, why is it then, that, in the UK at least, History grads earn more than biology grads?

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