June 2024
Beginner to intermediate
784 pages
12h 21m
English
by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
So, you’re thinking about going back to school. But you’re wondering: Will it really be worth your time, energy, and money?
The job market continues to be fiercely competitive. And while employers are starting to highlight the importance of critical soft skills—such as emotional intelligence, resilience, and learnability—as determinants of performance, some of the most in-demand jobs and fastest-growing industries still require graduate credentials.1
At the same time, the number of people enrolling in college continues to rise, effectively devaluating the undergraduate degree. In America, one-third of adults are college graduates, a figure that was just 4.6% in the 1940s. ...
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