Half-hearted studies, Half-hearted jobs?

[ELB27]

The push really has to come from employers or business/trade/professional organizations (like the ASA) to engage in outreach to students, at both the secondary school and college/university level.

But what is the incentive for them to do so? If I understand the situation correctly, employers already get many more applications than they can handle and thus, every possible filter will only come in handy to them. People's ignorance/lack of motivation to push themselves to enter the working world simply serves as a filter that filters out the most low-motivated students or those that lack direction and are therefore less likely to invest themselves in the work of the company or do so to a lesser degree as they are unsure, for instance, that it's their "true passion".

If the above picture is indeed correct, I think that the situation mainly contributes to employers. The drawback is that they might be losing some very talented employees who simply don't know the employer's field exists.

 

[Rika]

Is that really the case? That economy is so broken that there is not enough jobs (any, not only college-level) for young people? I'm thinking about Germany now. System there is good.