[bonesmoses]

Isn't 30% is more than enough? If 3-4 people apply for a single position and 1-2 of them have a degree, then it's a fairly reasonable decision to ignore the other two.

And the ratios I've seen are far more than 3-4 applications per position.

[taxicabjesus]

> If 3-4 people apply for a single position and 1-2 of them have a degree, then it's a fairly reasonable decision to ignore the other two.

Years ago I found a copy of "The Screwing of the Average Man" at a thrift shop. According to Mr. Hapgood, getting preferential consideration for jobs was always the reason wealthy families sent their children to college.

After WWII the proletariat class got congress to subsidize college so they too could access jobs that had traditionally been reserved for the upper class. Thus began the college price spiral.

[sokoloff]

3-4 applicants per position does not imply 3-4x as many people than jobs. (It's not a pigeonhole problem.)

If you were laid off or moved cities, how many jobs would you apply for? How many of them would you be able to hold simultaneously?