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50% of the College Grads Cannot Find Jobs...

 
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I took a few college courses, then decided to become a Pharmacy Technician. Trained for 6 months in that trade,got my pharmacy technician certificate. I then worked in that field for 6 years before moving into the software industry getting a job where I was supporting Pharmacy software. Now I work from home supporting pharmacy software making 81K per year. I've been working in software support for 14 years. Love it.
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Get a degree in anything and you'll have to compete with 50+ people for the same job.

Once you discover that you aren't going to find salary jobs, you'll find that you're over-qualified for everything else. No manager in his right mind is going to hire a potential replacement.

F***** up, isn't it?
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Nope, makes perfect sense to me.

Sheep think that they are automatically entitled to a good job because the school told them they were.
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What do people do anymore? I can't get a handle on what the major industries are nowadays.
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Health care,

and the service industry.


in other words no industry
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Being a college student who is still undeclared, what do you guys suggest would be the best option increase my chances of earning a decent salary/job in the future ?
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quite college and become a plumber
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The housing industry isn't doing very well.
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it's the internet,

and this thread is to for people to pretend:

I PULLED MY SELF UP BY MY BOOTSTRAPS

there aint no economic collapse,

OBAMA is JESUS

and anyone with an 8th grade education can do a construction job and earn 100,000$

did they bring up North Dakota yet,


i know the fed shills saying all is well are active when North Dakota comes up.

North Dakota is some kind of fed shill code shit.




Well, it could not have a thing to do with the fact that more than half have useless degrees in social science, business, and other nonsense.

Learn a trade.


[link to nces.ed.gov]
 Quoting: AmericanJedi


learn a trade but in the meantime fuk all getting built.
construction is the worst trade to get into right now,
none has money or is willing to invest here.
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Get a degree in anything and you'll have to compete with 50+ people for the same job.

Once you discover that you aren't going to find salary jobs, you'll find that you're over-qualified for everything else. No manager in his right mind is going to hire a potential replacement.

Fucked up, isn't it?
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Survival of the fittest.
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yep it will go into riots am tellin ya. no escape from this.
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Being a college student who is still undeclared, what do you guys suggest would be the best option increase my chances of earning a decent salary/job in the future ?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4076527


quite college and become a plumber
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2836766


The housing industry isn't doing very well.
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You do know that old houses have plumbing???
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it's the internet,

and this thread is to for people to pretend:

I PULLED MY SELF UP BY MY BOOTSTRAPS

there aint no economic collapse,

OBAMA is JESUS

and anyone with an 8th grade education can do a construction job and earn 100,000$

did they bring up North Dakota yet,


i know the fed shills saying all is well are active when North Dakota comes up.

North Dakota is some kind of fed shill code shit.




Well, it could not have a thing to do with the fact that more than half have useless degrees in social science, business, and other nonsense.

Learn a trade.


[link to nces.ed.gov]
 Quoting: AmericanJedi


learn a trade but in the meantime fuk all getting built.
construction is the worst trade to get into right now,
none has money or is willing to invest here.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25646201

 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6739256


the bicep will always crush the mind.
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What do people do anymore? I can't get a handle on what the major industries are nowadays.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1684862


Health care,

and the service industry.


in other words no industry
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6739256


caring for the ill and sick , its a ploy to kill us off.

live with stress go die in a fukin corner is what they are saying.
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Satan gets destroyed by Jesus

and when Jesus comes back,


jobs for everyone,


dont that just burn ya up, (no pun intended)

CHRIST is LORD




it's the internet,

and this thread is to for people to pretend:

I PULLED MY SELF UP BY MY BOOTSTRAPS

there aint no economic collapse,

OBAMA is JESUS

and anyone with an 8th grade education can do a construction job and earn 100,000$

did they bring up North Dakota yet,


i know the fed shills saying all is well are active when North Dakota comes up.

North Dakota is some kind of fed shill code shit.




Well, it could not have a thing to do with the fact that more than half have useless degrees in social science, business, and other nonsense.

Learn a trade.


[link to nces.ed.gov]
 Quoting: AmericanJedi


learn a trade but in the meantime fuk all getting built.
construction is the worst trade to get into right now,
none has money or is willing to invest here.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25646201

 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6739256


the bicep will always crush the mind.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25646201
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come on shills,

you be fallin down on the job,


start the North Dakota circle jerk
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come on shills,

you be fallin down on the job,


start the North Dakota circle jerk
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6739256


Man there are tons of jobs in North Dakota
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and they're off....





come on shills,

you be fallin down on the job,


start the North Dakota circle jerk
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6739256


Man there are tons of jobs in North Dakota
 Quoting: Desert Fox
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There are far too many people who are educated way beyond their intelligence in this country...
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There are far too many people who are educated way beyond their intelligence in this country...
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Great comment.
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It's more humane this way ya know, or burn on totem pole. Choice is yours.
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we're living in the system, they're pick favoritism who are smarter enough, will be offer for a better jobs.

Everything we learned in school and took College degree it's BULLSHIT, everything the business and company ALMOST everything are under BIG GOVT.

If i were CEO of the Business, why do i still have to Pay taxes,debts, insurance and others. Once i have money left i will has to split giving money to Employee who work for me, and all i have left for myself of course pay the BILLS. HELLO SAME CYCLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER. ITS BULLSHIT!!!!!!!
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Yep... and they will ALL VOTE for Obama.... who has NO ANSWERS .... NO EXPERIENCE..... and will bring this country down if given another 4 years.
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Going to school doesn't guarantee a job...learning to do something that someone is willing to pay you for does...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Brief speaks the truth ...

My daughter has a Bachelors in BIO Research and a Masters in BIO Engineering and had 4 job offers before she graduated

My son has dual degrees also Mechanical and Industrial Engineering ... he to had numerous job offers before he graduated.

If you go into the heavy science/engineering areas you will get a job ... provided you have the grades ...

The down side, if you want to call it that is ... they busted their asses to get where they are today.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1361203


And to get where they are a person had better be strong in math. The people I know that were strong in the sciences were like that as children. It is something I believe a person has a talent in and just needs some education to get them started. It is not something a person can just become. You are a 'math' geek or you aren't. Same for artists, people in sports, acting etc. Find your strong points and build upon them.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1550123


I agree on the math ... both of my kids have minors in math (they each needed 1 or 3 additional credits). Even though they pick up the concepts easily, they still had to bust their butts to apply the theory to graduate.
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it's funny you mention that,


im a disabled former self employed person,

and i can tell you the ONLY people I know who are still doing well,


1. people who work in government, they still have money. I regret not going to work for the government instead of trying to be self employed.

2. And, people doing banking shit, high high level bankign shit, not bank tellers or branch managers or whatever,


the rest of the country is fucking fucked.

And, i live in one of the largest cities in the country not in fuckin mayberry.

Maybe things are different in Mayberry i wouldnt know.





we're living in the system, they're pick favoritism who are smarter enough, will be offer for a better jobs.

Everything we learned in school and took College degree it's BULLSHIT, everything the business and company ALMOST everything are under BIG GOVT.

If i were CEO of the Business, why do i still have to Pay taxes,debts, insurance and others. Once i have money left i will has to split giving money to Employee who work for me, and all i have left for myself of course pay the BILLS. HELLO SAME CYCLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER. ITS BULLSHIT!!!!!!!

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finding a job is easy if you very smart enough to choose engineering and tough enough to graduate
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I reject your notion that a business degree is useless. I graduated ~6 months ago into a job paying 45k a year, and my wife graduated 1.5 half ago with a similar job. Both of us had business degrees.
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can't knock for that , just sad that its not a helluva lot more than my second job paid in 91. second job was delivering pizza's about 36ish hours a week
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Experience trumps Education
Newly Grad have less or no experience and expect a lot.
What they learn from school is different from the actual world.
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Well, it could not have a thing to do with the fact that more than half have useless degrees in social science, business, and other nonsense.

Learn a trade.


[link to nces.ed.gov]
 Quoting: AmericanJedi


Yes because if everyone went and learned a 'trade' there would be jobs for everyone, right?
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Whenever I hear "good work ethic" or "hard working" I just laugh. These are euphemisms for "willing slave" (unless you work for yourself).
Take your dogma and shove it!

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Whenever I hear "good work ethic" or "hard working" I just laugh. These are euphemisms for "willing slave" (unless you work for yourself).
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Or maybe they just want to know you will show up Monday morning and not call in hungover...
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Here's a trick from a private education that i paid for waiting tables...use it...abuse it!

Every one of us, be it the guy with the Ferrari or the Drug Addict huffing crack in the inner city before arrest, has a certain amount of disposal income or you'd be dead. Now YOU in the shit take a small portion of that disposable income...let's say 5 $'s - and go out in the cruel week ahead and turn it 25$'s legal. Try it!!! It is amazing!!!
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So you did this, I'd like to hear some stories!
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it's funny you mention that,


im a disabled former self employed person,

and i can tell you the ONLY people I know who are still doing well,


1. people who work in government, they still have money. I regret not going to work for the government instead of trying to be self employed.

2. And, people doing banking shit, high high level bankign shit, not bank tellers or branch managers or whatever,


the rest of the country is fucking fucked.

And, i live in one of the largest cities in the country not in fuckin mayberry.

Maybe things are different in Mayberry i wouldnt know.





we're living in the system, they're pick favoritism who are smarter enough, will be offer for a better jobs.

Everything we learned in school and took College degree it's BULLSHIT, everything the business and company ALMOST everything are under BIG GOVT.

If i were CEO of the Business, why do i still have to Pay taxes,debts, insurance and others. Once i have money left i will has to split giving money to Employee who work for me, and all i have left for myself of course pay the BILLS. HELLO SAME CYCLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER. ITS BULLSHIT!!!!!!!

 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11346300

 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6739256


I am disable and Hard of hearing too, i don't need SSI or SSDI i mean NONE. If i work with a company, i expect kept the money in the POCKET. Need something Invent new company for purpose helping with Disable or others, not the related under the FED or STATE, need a renew one company.
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McDonalds is hiring.....goaway
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Being a college student who is still undeclared, what do you guys suggest would be the best option increase my chances of earning a decent salary/job in the future ?
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quite college and become a plumber
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learn a trade, become a self employed contractor, then pursue a BA degree later in your spare time.

Assuming you aren't in some hard science field that is in demand or will be in demand.

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Well, it could not have a thing to do with the fact that more than half have useless degrees in social science, business, and other nonsense.

Learn a trade.


[link to nces.ed.gov]
 Quoting: AmericanJedi


Yes because if everyone went and learned a 'trade' there would be jobs for everyone, right?
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


Except that not everyone is going to do that. Right?





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