she has applied for 300 jobs and hasn't gotten a bite!

By the looks of it they want uneducated people so they can pay them just above minimum.

Hope she lands a great job soon.

JC

Sick 'em Hoff!!!

Might be great for a career in academia, as all that time in school may translate to little real world job experience.

"The Universe is comprised mainly of two things.. hydrogen and ignorance."
John Dobson
Inventor, astronomer and metaphysical thinker.

then left to take an 80k job, plush office, plenty of space, treated well, but no social life, so she left after a year and a half and went back to school. She's very sharp, she just did'nt pay attention to the job market.

Explain.

I have a niece who is a professsssssssional student. 30 some odd years old and can't wipe her own butt. Never had a real job. Does ssssssssssssssome teaching.

I love her anyway..............

ssssSnake

Every job he's had so far job so far was because of his Navy training. His youngest brother just got a great job and they didn't want to know what his degree was. They were impressed that he made E5 at 20 yrs old.

N....an education and a metrocard will get you on the subway..my education HAS NEVER GOTTEN ME A JOB! NEVER..UNLESS YOU ARE IN A SPECIFIC SCIENCE I.E ENGINEERING OR MEDICINE, ITS A WASTE OF MONEY IMHO.


"i never was much for book learnin"

There are jobs in the building maintenance field..basically apartment "supers" requiring a BA in civil or mechanical engineering. Its absolute horsepucky to demand that from a guy who has to fix some plumbing, reset circuit breakers and fix some squeaky stairs; but there are so many college grads looking for work that this is rapidly becoming a standard. Total nonsense.

"The Universe is comprised mainly of two things.. hydrogen and ignorance."
John Dobson
Inventor, astronomer and metaphysical thinker.

It matters more than the number of degrees.

Only the wise read signatures.

sometimes all you need is the ONE right degree, or experience.

For instance, Albert Einstein would be well qualified to teach high school math.

But do you want to hire him? He has so much experience and schooling, the person hiring would be suspiscious why JUST highschool.

Or Einstein may go somewhere else and the current job is just a transitory position.



If hiring a welder, you just need welding experience. Not more.

That happened with me. I have a masters, but when I was hired as an ER nurse, the question was always asked, why just this?

Maybe leave out some info.

Even welding takes skill sets that vary from one to another person. Welding under water for instance. Guys who weld steel very well often cannot weld aluminum without more training. Be nice to hire an alum welder if your company produces alum prods.

As for leaving info out...I was doing mid-level tech work for USGS. After I got my graduate degree they could no longer hire me. Said my degree required a different pay grade and they could not afford me. I asked if we could just ignore the degree and use me as before. They couldn't. Its hard to hide three-four years of study. The gap shows up and employers ask about it.

Those who can't, teach.

ssssSnake

Those who can, "do", then they retire from "doing" and "teach".

Best HS teachers and college profs I have had all started as doers in the real world. Came to teaching after leaving their jobs.

The benefit of "doing" first is frame of reference for "teaching".

I was teaching at the same time I was doing. Very focused undergraduate programs: "Herpetology" and "Environmental Monitoring and Biological Assessment". 90% of the students were dolts, more interested in traveling 3 hours for a weekend party than in getting up early enough to make my class.

Turned down an offer to teach full-time. I am not cut out for daily disappointment seeing my efforts vaporize at the sound of the bell.

Best teachers I ever had were doers first.

ssssSnake

Like all those late-night infomercials, on how to make millions fast in real estate, stocks, etc. You have to ask yourself - if you had the secret to making millions so easy, why would you go to all the trouble to set up a selling network to SELL someone else your secrets??? Why not just do it yourself?? duhhhh

No problem if you made C's and D's in College, you just went to work for the State or TVA!

Doug S.

Any degree ending with ***OLOGY ends up with a master degree etc....except for a job

While working full time as the catholic churches top editor for all publications in the Philippines at the Communications foundation of Asia, and teaching english part time at the local Manila university.

Now that is what I call a focused person. I helped her with the funds and was honored to do it.

She is an exnun and I am so very proud of her.

The entire family is so very bright, and foxy too.