🎓Having a College Degree Doesn't Solely Guarantee You a Success.

We always bear in mind that after you graduate, with or without flying colors from college, you’ll end up with a very easy life. Companies will easily hire you because of your degree and once hired, you’ll earn a high income with the easy tasks; quality of life will become better and your diploma will save you from poverty. 

This picture shows me (left) when I started my current job five years ago, and (right) me currently working on the same company,

Education is the key to success. That is what we’ve always been taught by our beloved teachers when we’re at school. But it is a big lie because Education is only one of the keys and not solely your assurance that you’ll end up with a better life. There might numerous of you who will disagree with my opinion but it is true because Education is only a tool for us to avoid ignorance and for us to build our confidence in facing the real world. We can avoid ignorance because tons of knowledge is being acquired when we study and we build confidence because of the diplomas we are given during the graduation ceremony. The norms taught us that thinking. 

Unfortunately, there are bachelor degree holders are ended up in jail, underemployed, unemployed, and worst, not able to increase the quality of life as expected. On contrary, I’ve known some successful individuals who were able to reach their dreams even if they’re not able to send themselves to school. Some became business tycoons, highest-paid artists, and well-compensated employees just because they’re exposed to reality outside the world. Responding to the fast pacing and dynamic outside world can’t be learned by just reading books and staying in a four-corner classroom listening to the teachers who you’ve thought know everything in life. But the reality is your knowledge that you will be getting inside the school – you can only use a portion of it when you go outside the school. 

Based on my personal experience, outside school is the real battle. It is always a jungle out there wherein survival of the fittest should always be practice. Companies won’t go to your graduate school to pick you up and automatically hire you right away; you have to go on job hunting, get rejected, and do it all over again until hired. In addition, not all your acquired knowledge and degree can be used in many cases. We have innumerable medical graduates like registered nurses who got paid higher in the call center industry in comparison when they practice their profession – and it is simply because of “UNDEREMPLOYMENT”. 

WATCH THE VLOG as I shared my personal experience – Seven Companies Didn’t Hire Me.

Underemployment is a measure of employment and labor utilization in the economy that looks at how well the labor force is being used in terms of skills, experience, and availability to work. It refers to a situation in which individuals are forced to work in low-paying or low-skill jobs and education background has nothing to do with the work performed in an organization.  

Undeniably, the key to success is not solely education. It is all about how we adapt to change so quickly in line with the needs of certain skills, talent, and workforce. In fact, you can even gain a certificate online as a data analyst in six months and will get the highest-paid job after (Watch Video Here). It is you - who can wisely play against the tricky game of life.