zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 21, 2016 21:06:12 GMT -5
Totally disagree about the 'having the right major almost never matters.'
Used to be, you only needed a college degree - any degree. English majors could get hired to work in banks. Philosophy majors got hired to run departments.
Not any more. A lot of my son's friends got a generic 'business' degree in college and struggled to find any job at all. If an employer wants an accountant, they hire someone with an accounting degree, not an English degree. Medicine, engineering, teaching - most jobs want an employee with a specific type of degree, and philosophy majors struggle to land a job.
Now it IS true that you can start you career in one job and move up in a company into a different one. Start as an engineer and end up managing a manufacturing facility, for example. Or start as an accountant and end up running a company. But getting your foot in the door in the first place? Nope. Absolutely correct. When I graduated there were no teaching jobs so I went to work for a bank. Banks won't even hire general business degrees now. You better have finance or Econ or something very marketable. Because there are more grads than there are jobs.
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tloonya
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Post by tloonya on Apr 23, 2016 20:34:02 GMT -5
Good advice. But like most advice it is worth what you pay for it. Marry me after I graduate
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ArchietheDragon
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Apr 23, 2016 20:36:25 GMT -5
Good advice. But like most advice it is worth what you pay for it. Marry me after I graduate It;s a date.
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tloonya
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Post by tloonya on Apr 23, 2016 21:10:43 GMT -5
Good advice. But like most advice it is worth what you pay for it. Marry me after I graduate I'll go extern! Will you pay for the wedding? My Mom has nothing after BF passed...she goes to casino every week though and sitting in the attic for days. And she is not loving my husband too much...Should I ask her? What if she goes into denial?
And let's adopt hickie...he seems so needy...
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tloonya
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Post by tloonya on Apr 24, 2016 13:08:25 GMT -5
Marry me after I graduate I'll go extern! Will you pay for the wedding? My Mom has nothing after BF passed...she goes to casino every week though and sitting in the attic for days. And she is not loving my husband too much...Should I ask her? What if she goes into denial?
And let's adopt hickie...he seems so needy...
Are you playing hard to get? Ok...we will do it on a first date! I mean adopting hickie...
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