OT: Having a hard time getting a job.

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  • DMZ_1
    DMZ_1 Posts: 2,889 Member
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    Just be wary of the whole "further education" thing. I've got a job as a professor at a fairly big university, and I've seen students graduate with an MA or a PhD who have ended up stocking the shelves at Walmart. Seriously.

    Agree. Make due with your current education. Don't start a new degree program.

    The MA of PhD graduate who is stocking shelves at Walmart (a high school graduate level job at best) shows a major dysfunction in the macroeconomy. That is a waste of human capital.
  • moniquedeanne
    moniquedeanne Posts: 249 Member
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    I'm in the same boat as you. I have a B.A. and J.D. I graduated with my J.D. last year I've been looking for a job fairly actively since January and still no luck. You'd think a law degree would mean something, but nope. It's a bad economy. I feel bad that I'm looking forward to the baby boomers either retiring or dying (that's messed up), but their generation has a lot more people in it than my generation so many jobs will open up when this starts to happen.
  • poncho33
    poncho33 Posts: 1,511
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    My suggestion: network like crazy. A lot of times in the job hunt, it's all about who you know.

    This X 100. You would be shocked how many people you already know that could probably help you get your foot in the door!
  • poncho33
    poncho33 Posts: 1,511
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    Just be wary of the whole "further education" thing. I've got a job as a professor at a fairly big university, and I've seen students graduate with an MA or a PhD who have ended up stocking the shelves at Walmart. Seriously.

    Agree. Make due with your current education. Don't start a new degree program.

    The MA of PhD graduate who is stocking shelves at Walmart (a high school graduate level job at best) shows a major dysfunction in the macroeconomy. That is a waste of human capital.

    That MA of PhD graduate could have been a great student, but a horse *kitten* worker.... I've seen many in my life.
  • DMZ_1
    DMZ_1 Posts: 2,889 Member
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    Just be wary of the whole "further education" thing. I've got a job as a professor at a fairly big university, and I've seen students graduate with an MA or a PhD who have ended up stocking the shelves at Walmart. Seriously.

    Agree. Make due with your current education. Don't start a new degree program.

    The MA of PhD graduate who is stocking shelves at Walmart (a high school graduate level job at best) shows a major dysfunction in the macroeconomy. That is a waste of human capital.

    That MA of PhD graduate could have been a great student, but a horse *kitten* worker.... I've seen many in my life.

    Horse *kitten* worker in what capacity? Is it a job that matches their intellectual capital? I believe that workers often play up or play down to the task they are given.

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