This is interesting as Canada too has encouraged more students to go into trades due to the extremely high numbers of citizens and residents with advanced degrees. The government now offers training programs and apprenticeships at no cost to certain segments of the population including over-40s who have lost factory or labour positions. They're being retrained for employment in the Green industries. I don't believe there is any such thing as too much education but certainly, there is too much emphasis on getting advanced degrees depending on where you live. In Vancouver, for example, everyone has a bachelors's degree, many have a master's and just as many have doctoral degrees. I'm the only person in my family with both a bachelor's and master's degree but that's pretty much the norm here so in order to nab a great job you need to show other skills like volunteer experience, board membership, proven social media skills, coding and graphic design skills, etc.
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