True that companies are always looking for the cheaper option, as long as it can acheive the same goal.  And yes, I do understand that there is always some kind of training involved at a new job since every company has it's own ways of doing things.  But just think.  How much time, effort and money is spent obtaining degrees in order to do a job that could be learned through on the job training and getting paid, not paying, to learn it.  Personally, I believe that the job has either got to be something that you love or be worth a huge amount of money to bother with higher education these days.  By the time you're done spending the time getting the education ( and not earning money on the job ) and then repaying all the loans taken to get the education how much is the degree holder actually making versus all the money lost during the process ?