| Each year, more and more homeschoolers are | | | | huge "gold old boy" network out there for them |
| graduating and moving into the world. Many | | | | to exploit. The truth is that homeschooling is a |
| choose to take their education further and attend | | | | tightly knit community with more and more of its |
| college. The good news is that more and more | | | | proponents in positions of influence, and this |
| colleges have altered their admissions policies and | | | | community can be very effective at finding jobs. |
| are accepting, even actively recruiting children. | | | | There are however, plenty of pointless |
| There are also a large group of homeschool | | | | bureaucracies and short-sighted managers out |
| graduates who chose to not attend college and | | | | there to make prospects difficult. In some |
| head directly into the work force. The question is | | | | companies, employment is dependent upon a |
| though, how are they doing? | | | | diploma that is certified by the state or the |
| Homeschoolers who have made the jump into the | | | | possession of a General Equivalency Diploma, or |
| workforce are getting good feedback from their | | | | GED. |
| employers. The national food chain, Chick-fil-A® | | | | A GED has been described as a test that |
| is so pleased with their homeschooled employees | | | | dropouts can take to be given a second chance |
| that they actively recruit them. Characterizing | | | | at a formal education, making GED holders the |
| homeschoolers as smart, ambitious and very | | | | equivalent of dropouts. This situation is hardly the |
| driven, recruiters are pleased with their high level | | | | equivalent to a high school diploma and an |
| of loyalty and diligent work ethic. | | | | employer who demands that of a homeschool |
| Employers have discovered that the same work | | | | graduate clearly show his ignorance or bias. |
| ethic that brought homeschoolers through their | | | | Because of their homeschool background, they |
| education carries over into their careers. In fact, | | | | are ready for the uncertainties of a changing |
| homeschoolers seem to view work as simply an | | | | economy, the ups and downs of the business |
| extension of their education. Children are being | | | | cycle, and are prepared to deal with bosses, |
| described as self-starters who are reliable, | | | | customers, and all of the other people in the |
| creative, intellectually prepared, and read | | | | business world. Homeschool graduates are as |
| voraciously and watch television less. | | | | prepared as any high school graduate and may be |
| Most people are aware of the axiom, "it's who | | | | more suitable for an uncertain future. Students |
| you know." Because homeschooling is a relatively | | | | are raised as individuals, not farmed out of |
| new phenomenon, there may not seem to be a | | | | institutions for plugging into the workforce. |