Elaine Chao Quotes

Apart from finding a first job, college graduates seem to adapt more easily than those with only a high school degree as the economy evolves and labor-market needs change.

I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older. They're there now, and I'm just not going to panic.

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education.

While there have been news reports of recent college graduates living with their parents because they have been unable to find a job paying a salary sufficient to move out, their near and long-term career prospects remain far brighter than for those without a college degree.

There's probably people that go to Harvard and say, 'Listen, I went to Harvard. I got a great education, and I can't find a job, or I didn't become the success that I could have been.' Sure, I mean, you probably have that at every major university.

One of the perks of growing up, but also one of the biggest challenges, is making decisions about the future. Deciding what kind of job you want, whether you want to finish school, or whether you want to go to university are huge choices to make.

If that is your route, to go to university and get a job that way, that is fantastic.

Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.

There is so much talent out there and not quite as much opportunity.

I applied for a job at 'The New York Times' many years ago, and felt correctly that my life depended on it.

Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.

I never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it.

Better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives.

I didn't have any great job prospects.

Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question.

Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do.

Right now, if you're a talented developer or designer, government is what you go into if you can't get a better job.

Sometimes I have to accept a job I don't really want. Hardly anybody comes up to you with a commission; it's all competitions these days.

I've met graduating college kids facing loan payments and a bad economy, and they are worried that they won't be able to get a job. This is not the way America needs to be.

It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.

I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to go down and get caught up in, but all I'll say is I'll go where the good scripts are.

Going to college and finding a good job no longer guarantee economic safety.