<p>I agree with the comment about getting your foot in the door when you are a recent grad. My spouse is a branch manager for a bank, and all the tellers on the teller line have college degrees. Is this a dead end job for them? Not necessarily. The head teller graduated college in 2009 (as the economy was tanking) when she started as a teller. She was promoted to head teller after two years and now has been selected for credit analyst training—a position requiring a college degree. The company is thrilled that all of their trainees were promoted from within.</p>