Readers Warn 12 Years of School Cannot Replace Vanishing Graduate Jobs
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Updated · South China Morning Post · Aug 15
Readers Warn 12 Years of School Cannot Replace Vanishing Graduate Jobs
2 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Aug 15
Summary
Readers argue shrinking graduate and entry-level roles are cutting off the junior work where employees historically built judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Those skills, they say, were learned in workers’ 20s through repetitive tasks, observing senior colleagues and sitting in on meetings—not through formal education alone.
One letter contrasts that with 12 years of schooling, describing it as effective at training people to complete defined tasks to deadline rather than develop workplace judgment.
The discussion also touches on employment support for disabled people, widening the debate from graduate hiring to how access to early-career development is being reshaped.