Sad but true

_Bob_
_Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
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I'm a little appalled at how hard it has become for college grads to find good jobs.

I got an BS in Human services the year the government cut the human services budget and the job I had lined up was gone.

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  • dumbbanana
    dumbbanana Posts: 138
    That's because things like Art and Human Services aren't real majors.
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    That's because things like Art and Human Services aren't real majors.

    It was real to me :cry:
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    lol
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    That's because things like Art and Human Services aren't real majors.

    :laugh: Lmfao
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    That's because things like Art and Human Services aren't real majors.

    Oh, this is going to be good. *grabs popcorn*
  • 2muchsauce
    2muchsauce Posts: 1,078
    Maybe you should have pursued underwater basket weaving ...............with a minor in finance to help pay the bills.
  • mr_enigma
    mr_enigma Posts: 16
    I got a little nervous there....but then I got excited and can't wait till this unfolds!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    *sigh*

    Fine...I'm in...

    ...but my expectations for this are admittedly very low.
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    You people are so mean! I'm going to go make a topic about it..... too late :cry:

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  • 2muchsauce
    2muchsauce Posts: 1,078
    You people are so mean! I'm going to go make a topic about it..... too late :cry:

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    WOW.............didn't see that coming :yawn:
  • p0pr0cksnc0ke
    p0pr0cksnc0ke Posts: 1,283 Member
    On the flip side...

    I did not go to college. I have more "work expierence" than most people my age. Straight out of high school, I worked full time..

    That being said.. I cannot move up without having a peice of paper saying I know how to do my job.

    Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    On the flip side...

    I did not go to college. I have more "work expierence" than most people my age. Straight out of high school, I worked full time..

    That being said.. I cannot move up without having a peice of paper saying I know how to do my job.

    Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

    Same here.
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    *sigh*
  • LaurySch
    LaurySch Posts: 277 Member
    Entitlement is a disease.

    Just sayin
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    You people are so mean! I'm going to go make a topic about it..... too late :cry:

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    WOW.............didn't see that coming :yawn:

    too much?
  • madworld1
    madworld1 Posts: 524
    You people are so mean! I'm going to go make a topic about it..... too late :cry:

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    Haha!
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
    That's because things like Art and Human Services aren't real majors.

    It was real to me :cry:

    maybe, but it doesn't count if it's not real to employers.

    :happy:
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    On the flip side...

    I did not go to college. I have more "work expierence" than most people my age. Straight out of high school, I worked full time..

    That being said.. I cannot move up without having a peice of paper saying I know how to do my job.

    Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

    Same here.

    Most places I have worked have accepted applicable experience in place of formal education, for this very reason.

    In fact, even though I, too, was an Art major (2 degrees in Art, mind you) - experience is how i got my current job, because it sure isn't in the Art field. It is in IT and Software training and education.
  • ImNotThatBob
    ImNotThatBob Posts: 371 Member
    Learn Photoshop and you can work anywhere! LOL
  • chrlslove7
    chrlslove7 Posts: 136 Member
    That's because things like Art and Human Services aren't real majors.

    It was real to me :cry:

    Lol, awww :flowerforyou:
  • ashesfromfire
    ashesfromfire Posts: 867 Member
    Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust saying, I am an art student and I do work very hard in school. I'm also earning a minor in business because I hope to own a shop of my own one day. I'm studying to be a silversmith. Not only does it take hours of studying, but also blood, sweat, and tears in the workshop.

    That being said, I know I'm not curing cancer, winning the nobel peace prize, or even attempting to take organic chemistry.

    But something to consider - in calculus you're graded on the numbers you produce by utilizing a pre-prescribed formula - in art classes you're graded on your vision and your soul.
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
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  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    I will be blunt and to the point.

    There are jobs out here. Stop with the excuses, whining and crying about how you can't get a job.

    I have been laid off 2 times since February 2011. It took me about 9 or 10 weeks to find a job in 2011. I got laid off again in March 2012. I was back to work full time by the middle of May 2012.

    You have to make looking for a job your FULL TIME JOB. No, ifs, ands or buts about it.

    Even if that means you have to relocate. Just stop the whining and crying about it and do something to help yourself.

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