A good degree can be an open sesame to a good job.
"The open sesame--what could it have been?
Being the boss's daughter is not an open sesame to every well-paid job in the firm.
the woodcutter who discovered that "open sesame" opens the cave of the Forty Thieves (Arabian Nights' Entertainments).
"And now," he exclaimed, remembering the tale of the Arabian fisherman, which Faria had related to him, "now, open sesame!"
He seems to think that wealth is the open sesame to happiness.
Academic success is not always an open sesame to a well-paid job.
