Level of Education to Job Requirements

One example is that people with (Higher Education) architecture eventually found a job in social science. The education level may be the same, but there is still a discrepancy between the education level and the job requirements. Robst (2006) is concerned about discrepancies between school education types and job requirements in the United States. He stated that there is no specific theory yet to explain the relationship between education level and job requirements. A general theory to explain discrepancies based on research fields is human capital theory.

Over-education means that employees have a level of education that exceeds the level of education required for work. Uneducated means that the level of education required for the work provided exceeds the educational level of the employee Rumberger (1981), excessive education can be used for various purposes. He believes that excessive education will occur when individuals have higher educational work requirements, and vice versa. Zeng et al. (1991) pointed out in survey that excessive education does not satisfy their jobs to affect the productivity of employees because they are not satisfied. Freeman (1976) argued that the problem of receiving excessive education is widely accepted since the number of educated graduates has exceeded the professional requirements since 1970 and wages are low There. Therefore, this research aims to bridge the gap between excessive education and economic growth.

To judge the need for successful education, we need to define the word "success". Work satisfaction, level of stress, and compatibility with nature's skills and skills are important factors to consider. However, paying job stability and favorable wages, or at least life wages, is a decisive factor for most people, and this is usually related to education. According to the "university compensation" report released by Georgetown University Education and Labor Center in 2011, the average person of the doctorate received 3.3 million dollars in his lifetime. The master's degree is $ 2.7 million, the bachelor's degree graduate is 2.3 million dollars, and the average bachelor's degree salary is 1.7 million dollars. College graduates without degrees can earn 1.5 million dollars, those with high school diplomas can earn 1.3 million dollars and those without high school diplomas can earn $ 973,000.