College Grad Can't Find Job, Wants $$$ Back

Dragonpaco · 08-04-2009, 12:58 AM

it is kinda bullshit that she dumped all that cash into a degree that can't get her a job. although if she's holding out for a CIO position the she should go fuck herself. smittie, if you hadn't royaly fucked up your life and ended up going to college and got out and had to work at a burger place, wouldn't you be pissed off too?

Papa_Complex · 08-04-2009, 08:04 AM

They can give you job leads but they can't do the interview for you, and secure the job. When I graduated, back in the late '80s, I ended up taking a job for $12,500 a year. It was that, or starve. You have to survive and you have to start somewhere. Whining gets you nowhere.

Gas Man · 08-04-2009, 09:09 AM

Nice!

If that shit wins, look the fuck out... there will be a million more similar lawsuits filed the next day.

zed · 08-05-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

Nice!

If that shit wins, look the fuck out... there will be a million more similar lawsuits filed the next day.

you bet, I got a 20K loan for schooling that can't get me a job that pays enough to pay for the loan. why the fuck didn't I think of this?

just screwing with you. freaking idiot trying to do that.

vickibocc · 08-06-2009, 08:55 PM

I just graduated in May with an Education degree and can't find a teaching job. Part of it has to do with the fact that I moved out of state right after graduating, so my certification is out of state and since Florida is run by a bunch of morons, its been taking me 3 months (and counting) to get the cert transferred to NY. But there are like 200 applications for each teaching position so being a first year teacher, the odds aren't in my favor to begin with.

But the moral of the story. After 2.5 months of being picky and unemployed, now I'm teaching preschool for $11/hr with a 35 minute commute.

Buuut, then I'll have the title "teacher" on my resume for next school year when hopefully the whole certification transfer mess is over and I techincally have a year of prefessional experience. But then it will be time to get my master's, so I'll be in this mess all over again of course.

OneSickPsycho · 08-04-2009, 09:16 AM

That's one of the biggest problems with recent college grad's... They all think they know everything and are entitled to a $50k/yr job right off the bat. College recruiters don't help that shit by giving unrealistic numbers based off people who are at the top of the class and have real work experience.

Gas Man · 08-04-2009, 09:21 AM

That's the problem with college IMO. Its not all that. Real work expierence in the field is starting to trump the degree. The idea that everybody must go to college to get a good job is FLAWED.

Homeslice · 08-04-2009, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

That's the problem with college IMO. Its not all that. Real work expierence in the field is starting to trump the degree. The idea that everybody must go to college to get a good job is FLAWED.

The problem is that these days, everyone and their mother has a degree, so it has becomes a REQUIREMENT for many jobs, even when it's not necessary at all. The employer only lists it as a requirement because they think it's an easy way to weed out people who don't have the degree. That way, they don't have to do the hard work of actually reading the resumes.

Those without a degree are forced to seek alternative means of contacting that employer so that they don't get weeded out.

Papa_Complex · 08-04-2009, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

That's one of the biggest problems with recent college grad's... They all think they know everything and are entitled to a $50k/yr job right off the bat. College recruiters don't help that shit by giving unrealistic numbers based off people who are at the top of the class and have real work experience.

Sure, if you consider 20+ years to be 'recent.' I was fed the same line when I started college in the early '80s, during the IT boom. Problem was like any boom, it went bust. In my case the job market busted while I was in 2nd year, because everyone's cousin's sister's roommate decided that IT was the way to go.

I should have stuck with microwave comm.

z06boy · 08-04-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

That's one of the biggest problems with recent college grad's... They all think they know everything and are entitled to a $50k/yr job right off the bat. College recruiters don't help that shit by giving unrealistic numbers based off people who are at the top of the class and have real work experience.

Fact...they get smoke blown up their azzes and then many come out of school pounding their chest just to get disappointed when they realize how the real world can be.

08-04-2009, 08:04 AM	#2
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,152	They can give you job leads but they can't do the interview for you, and secure the job. When I graduated, back in the late '80s, I ended up taking a job for $12,500 a year. It was that, or starve. You have to survive and you have to start somewhere. Whining gets you nowhere. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

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Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	Nice! If that shit wins, look the fuck out... there will be a million more similar lawsuits filed the next day. __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

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Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	That's the problem with college IMO. Its not all that. Real work expierence in the field is starting to trump the degree. The idea that everybody must go to college to get a good job is FLAWED. __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

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08-06-2009, 08:55 PM	#5
vickibocc Meh Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South FL Moto: the backseat of an '06 600rr Posts: 220	I just graduated in May with an Education degree and can't find a teaching job. Part of it has to do with the fact that I moved out of state right after graduating, so my certification is out of state and since Florida is run by a bunch of morons, its been taking me 3 months (and counting) to get the cert transferred to NY. But there are like 200 applications for each teaching position so being a first year teacher, the odds aren't in my favor to begin with. But the moral of the story. After 2.5 months of being picky and unemployed, now I'm teaching preschool for $11/hr with a 35 minute commute. Buuut, then I'll have the title "teacher" on my resume for next school year when hopefully the whole certification transfer mess is over and I techincally have a year of prefessional experience. But then it will be time to get my master's, so I'll be in this mess all over again of course.

08-04-2009, 09:16 AM	#6
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	That's one of the biggest problems with recent college grad's... They all think they know everything and are entitled to a $50k/yr job right off the bat. College recruiters don't help that shit by giving unrealistic numbers based off people who are at the top of the class and have real work experience.