I suspect one reason for this is that many people hope to steer their kids into good career deals they understand especially well. Official competent training in who should pursue which careers threatens to eliminate this advantage.
Being a public good, it’s quite likely to be biased towards what’s good for society more than what’s good for the individual kid. More so than the parents’ advise would be, at any rate.
On the other hand, I’d expect to see them happy to have other people’s kids steered in this manner.
So parents can potentially do better. In the cases where the jobs they understand well are not underfilled or overpaid, shouldn’t they trust official recommendations? Possibly parents could know enough relatives/friends to hear of at least one underfilled/overpaid job to make such cases rare.
I suspect one reason for this is that many people hope to steer their kids into good career deals they understand especially well. Official competent training in who should pursue which careers threatens to eliminate this advantage.
Why won’t parents trust the recommendations of official competent training, if it had a good track record?
Being a public good, it’s quite likely to be biased towards what’s good for society more than what’s good for the individual kid. More so than the parents’ advise would be, at any rate.
On the other hand, I’d expect to see them happy to have other people’s kids steered in this manner.
If you know that a career is underfilled and overpaid, you can get your kid a job there.
If there’s official competent training, then more people will be directed at the job, and the pay:effort disparity will disappear.
So parents can potentially do better. In the cases where the jobs they understand well are not underfilled or overpaid, shouldn’t they trust official recommendations? Possibly parents could know enough relatives/friends to hear of at least one underfilled/overpaid job to make such cases rare.