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College graduates do not always use what they learn during school in their day-to-day work. In many cases, this disconnect between school and work is natural. Most jobs, even jobs closely related to a worker’s field of study, include administrative and employer-specific tasks that are not taught in school. But sometimes workers do not use what they learn in school because they are employed far outside their field of study. Concerns about low levels of job relatedness are particularly acute for science and engineering graduates.