applying for jobs in a frugal hiring environment in my industry and setting exactly this. I also think that if you have experience, what do they need proof of the degree for?
@@Michael-nr5jr what you are saying is correct. I didn’t realize how badly I was screwing myself my not getting internships that align with my major sophomore and junior year, but it’s no one else’s fault besides my own and only I can get myself out of it.
@@jirvint1050it’s almost like the school you were paying tens of thousands of dollars to educate you should’ve told you that. You were, what, 21? You can even rent a car most places at that age.
@@Sariine436projections? Demand will rise to supply? I really hope so😂. I’m college debt free and feeling lucky but still not too happy I can’t do what I like for a living for now.
It’s true. I have a bachelors in psych and make $13hr at an assisted living facility. There’s no where to go with my degree. I wasted time and gained 32k in student debt I can’t pay back. In comparison, my gf has no degree and works as an apartment leasing agent making $17hr plus commission. If you’re not going for STEM, university is a waste of time and resources.
yes but even though stem is better isnt it more studying with still no garuntee kust better odds but u spent twice as much on eng so its the same rip off?
@@mq-r3apz291u gotta network with it. Make all those connections while at school and on linked in with alumni in your field. So many companies need coders and engineers
I have a masters degree and my first job out of college after a 6 month search was $10/hour at Target. After 6 years of being underemployed, i started searching for government jobs. I now make 70k, with a pension, and health insurance with no yearly deductible. Search for county, state, or federal jobs!
@@jsimms4292 I don't own any lions. I check the listings daily and apply to all of them. I'd say I average about 10-20 a day. Back when I was looking nationally I averaged 30 with a high of 50.
I have noticed that new grads for the last 15 years have no problem solving skills. College used to be difficult. I went back in 2013 for some upgrade classes and the professor didn't show up most of the time. but gave all of us A's. This is why you can't find a job. Employers don't want to deal with over educated, under skilled people who are a problem.
So investors can sue when they feel their money has gone to waste and they are experiencing a loss, but i cant sue a college for promising me false hope for 4 years putting me at a loss.
@@Msangel06 wtf, where tf did you go. Im getting paid to go to school. I get 3.5k with my tuition fully paid, so its an additional 3.5k per semester from fasfa. Id make 7k a year from school AND go to school for free. Where did you mess up, what degree did you get. You 1000% did something extremely stupid, not to hate. Im going into dentistry, its gonna cost me 200k to finish dental school. How did your undergrad cost you dental school tuition. How is that even possible. If i specialize, id make 345k a year working 40 hours, if i work 80, double that, id be rich inshallah. Where did you mess up
What is she talking about! I have a biology degree and I have been struggling to get a job for the last 3 years even after being a nurse for 12 years, I got a position in my field but the position doesn't require a degree and it's full of people with STEM degrees earning pittance. The main issue for me is during COVID graduation in 2021 no one was hiring grads and when they started hiring graduates they were asking for degree plus 2 years experience (not including volunteer work), no one had experience during COVID pandemic! No one! It's unreasonable! So i am working in a low tier job to get my experience up, I have done 1.5 years now, it's the type of job you do when you are studying not graduated.
Lots of programmers are unemployed too. We can not compete against senior level Indians who work for freaking peanuts. I have being unemployed for quite some time
@@himanganapanwar3832He never said they were skillful! He said they were willing to do they job for basically nothing! Most Indians can't even speak English which is a very important skill in America. I have never been to America but I know English is important there.
That is not true what she said, I have a IT degree and can’t find anything in my field. Years ago when I did get IT jobs, they paid me to hook up servers and then they would lay you off, companies were not looking for long term employees. It’s the great lie in society. I mean other than people going in the medical field, which is nothing I want to do, there isn’t much options… All I see today is a bunch of entry level jobs that pay crap and nothing else and if there is something else companies throw all these extra requirements on you to get the job like 35 years of experience to get the better job. Problem with this country is it doesn’t have enough good jobs and it’s like the lottery system some get lucky and some do not get lucky. So please don’t say people who work all in retail have psychology degrees, that’s not true at all. We have been lied to by the politicians
(Non-Degree w/Certs Here) Do you know what you specifically want to do in IT? Do you have a home lab? Do you have any certs? Are you interested in the programming side or infrastructure side of IT? What is the quality of your résumé? (Just Trying to Help)
@@Icehawk17 I worked for Blackberry changing out their platforms years ago and I also worked for IT help desk with AT&T tier 3 years ago. Backups and restores etc It’s more difficult than you think 🤔 especially when AI is reviewing resumes. Certs don’t make a difference, because I am knowledgeable with my degree for things like a Microsoft server, DNS, DHCP, etc The thing is technologies are rapidly changing and you have to change with the times. I followed the rules and went to school, I got black balled, what else can I tell you. The system is very nepotistic or nepotism, I used to believe in the American dream but no more.
@@Icehawk17 your not helping, your actually making it worse for me… a cert isn’t going to help me program, a cert isn’t going to help me take apart a computer or work with complex algorithms… It’s like every time you get a degree they want a cert, then a license, it never ends, how much do I have to do to get head with this BS?
@@KJJ782 , Easy mate; don't get ahead of yourself. You sound like you've got decent qualities. Landing an entry IT role shouldn't be too difficult... How's that résumé look?? I'll shoot you a DM with some info.
I have worked in the service industry after graduating with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering. Still can't get an engineering job 9 years after graduation. Thanks Clarkson University.
That’s devastating and humiliating what people do after college because they heard that was the right decision just do trade sxhool it’s a better alternative
Dude it’s so bad I have struggled so hard to find employment I have a BA degree and over 3 years of experience and it’s been almost a year of being unemployed so my husband who has no degree has to work 2 jobs now because no one wants to hire me
I have a degree in biology and work food service 😅 been applying to “entry level” jobs since before I graduated but there aren’t many (related to my degree) and it’s a very competitive process, besides time to hear back from employers varies from a few weeks to couple months. In addition you usually need specific related experience which can very depending on what job you apply to. It’s stressful
Trades! Don't mind getting dirty, go into the trades. Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, carpentry, data, masonry, concrete etc. plenty of jobs out there. Start at the bottom and work up. We tradesmen don't have student debt. We have great paying jobs.
Colleges should stop implementing ridiculous programs like SUNY Binghamton’s Social Justice degree, and students should stop picking up absolutely ridiculous majors like theater, sociology, gender studies, social Justice, etc.
I got a degree in Biology and gave up looking for a job 3 years in. Know a friend in pharmacology that's in the same boat. Its not just lib social justice majors, its the whole institution. Colleges should just stop in general.
@@dtst9661 idk what you’re talking about, the majority of us have lower unemployment rates than non degree holders. Just don’t pick a crap major and get super unlucky.
@@dtst9661 coming from the guy who claims “it’s the whole institution. Colleges should just stop” You’re making it abundantly clear why you dislike learning so much…
And yet this country has a shortage of counselors and a mental health problem. How does this even make sense. It's not the degree people. It's the job seeker.
I knew two people who had degrees one as a therapist the other a computer science and both work either fastfood or hospitality both off there lifes yet this is seen as normal sad society.
I have a degree in computer science here in australia and got a job as a software engineer before I even graduated, but I averaged reasonably strong marks. He must have flopped his way through the course.
Go for healthcare jobs. Doesn’t have to be a professional degree like MD or nursing.. can be allied health (medical lab science, phlebotomy, technicians in various fields like radiology, emergency, psychiatric, etc…).
i have an associate in psychology. the job i got was paying me $17 but the price was no breaks, had to travel but wont pay me unless you hit a certain miles, and dont get enough in the time of day to do it. i left the job but i am still underemployed
@@DegreeFree Internships really helped a lot. I had two separate internships in my second and third years of study respectively. After that I did some programming courses on Udemy and got certifications. That helped massively too. 6 months before graduation I started applying for jobs and I got a job offer after 3 months while I was still studying for finals
@@DegreeFree I started out as a junior actuarial graduate. Worked there for 6 months and got promoted to actuarial analyst, which is what I do now. Basically my responsibility is number crunching in excel, I spend my day entering numbers into excel and performing basic calculations on data related to health insurance. Then the more senior managers (normally a qualified actuary, which is what I'm working towards), will take that data and check it, then make financial projections and do financial risk analysis for the company using the data.
I’ll be honest. I have a liberal arts degree. But I only did it to get my folks off my back and luckily for me it was mostly paid off as a graduation gift. However, I knew good and well I wasn’t going to be successful with the degree, unless I had a strong network in the Journalism industry in which I don’t. It is best to do what you love that makes good money and once you find that thing then go for it.
Happening in STEM. First they diluted the meaning of STEM by including MBA programs with Business Analytics classes, that is not he same as electrical engineering, comp science etc. Many universities are offering quickie degrees where graduates know just the basics if at all, with an eye to attracting international students for STEM OPT, so a huge flood in entering STEM.
I don't agree. It takes 2 to 4 years after graduating university or college to get into your field. After university with my finance degree I worked at a call center and even as a front desk hotel clerk. By age 27 I finally got a job in corporate finance. Now I'm a management consultant with mid-6 figure salary, own 3 condos and on track to be a multi-millionaire. You havd to be patient. A high paying job isn't just handed over to you. Work any odd job and be grateful. Your time will come as you build experience.
Why would finance employers care about experience at a call center or as a clerk? How does that translate? I simply don't understand. Why wouldn't some employers look at that and say "that's not going to help me at all?"
@keegansayshi2479 It's not so much about the title of the job that is important. But any job you do in the past provides you not only with life and work experience, but it teaches you how to be punctual, responsible, dedicated, and provides a foundation to develop skills to work with others, get along with them, and communicate well with others. If you can master these basics, you'll eventually progress along a higher paying job. One of the directors of customer service at a government organization I worked for in underwriting financial home building insurance, only had a high school diploma and worked in retail and call centers most of her life. She now makes $135,000/year. Very nice old lady. All her hard work in low paying jobs culminated to great customer service skills a 4 year college graduate does not possess. They would hire her with 20 years of customer service experience over a guy with an MBA and 2 years of experience. As long as you have a degree and you are interested in your field of study, get some basic job experience, then apply for the jobs related to your degree later on. They will make an exception and decide to interview and hire you even without relevant work experience, as they see you have transferable soft skills and built a good work ethics. People with university degrees are entitled and most often think they are more superior than others. I would not want to hire someone with that attitude until they get humbled in a low paying job.
@@tigerlee9613 What makes you think I haven't worked odd jobs all my life? I don't want a job I can get into with soft skills. My degree was intellectually difficult and I want to put it to some use.
@keegansayshi2479 I don't know how old you are. But you seem lost and unsure of your life. If you are in a bad situation, nothing is permanent in life. Bad times are temporary. You will find your way with time. When I was in my early 20s, I would never have imagined or dreamed it was possible to get to where I am today. You'll eventually find what you are looking for. Stay strong and don't give up.
(Non-Degree w/Certs Here) Do you know what you specifically want to do in IT? Do you have a home lab? Do you have any certs? Are you interested in the programming side or infrastructure side of IT? What is the quality of your résumé? (Just Trying to Help)
The generations above us basically just decided that there are no skills gained from non-stem degrees. The very degrees that got them their jobs are now blown out. They have climbed the ladder and pulled it up behind them.
If you go to College/University, unless you have a solid plan in place with how you are going to make a humanities or liberal arts degree work, ex: many lawyers have liberal arts/humanities degrees like Political Science, Philosophy, History, English, etc. For the most part, stick with STEM degrees like Engineering, CS, Nursing, or other Medical degrees or Business degrees like Accounting, Finance, Marketing, CIS/MIS. I’m currently pursuing Finance bc I know that college is an investment and Finance is what I want to do bc I’m interested in it and it can pay extremely well if you play your cards right.
I hope you enjoy! I've been in a high paying soulless finance job for 30 years and counting the days that I can retire. I can sum my life up in one sentence. Making paper money for a soulless fortune 500 company that doesn't give a rip about the employees. Meanwhile my son was a music major. Works in a symphony bringing joy to the concertgoers, makes plenty enough money to be settled and independent and loves life. Your assumptions speak naively of your age.
as contactee psychic Georgy Boreev wrote, in the book Alien civilizations of Atlantis, who used deep yoga to communicate with the astral world, before the civilization of Atlantis received a crisis, mainly many educated people turned out to be unclaimed .. indeed, in Atlantis there was approximately the same education system and about the same economy.
Yes thats true. There are a lot of people gratuating in nursing every year, but they say there is a shartage when it is just that nurses dont want to work bc of how they are treated
@@Sariine436 very true... but it may not even be that there are many new nurses graduating every year anymore. a friend i work with also teaches for the Bachelors nursing program at the local university. they start each class with 140 students and now they arent even getting 50 all the way to 4th semester. my class started with 80 in 2014, and i think about 35 of us graduated.
@@mojorider8067yup in my 4 year BSN program we started off with about 109 students down to 60 students. It’s only a small amount of people that actually graduate with a nursing. Making it easier for nursing graduates to get jobs.
I was a nurse for 12 years and I left last year, I am a graduate in STEM looking for my first major job but I would rather be on the streets homeless than do nursing again! I don't recommend it! If you value happiness over money then nursing is not for you.
College is for kids who don’t want to grow up ,the parents don’t know what else to do with them so they prolong real life an put them in college with no direction an have a loan the size of a mortgage,,blind leading the blind ,,,,most men can’t turn a wrench,protect an provide yet ur doesn’t dawn on them to take advantage of the technical school each home school has ,votec,,trades ,automotive,culinary cosmetology,,,that’s really life an free ,I have no sympathy for stupid kids not growing up an now in debt ,,,,some people lead an some follow ,,they r the same people who lease a car lol I think they didn’t take math lol
Let’s not forget entry level jobs are now asking for your bachelors and 2/3 years experience? How is that entry level.
applying for jobs in a frugal hiring environment in my industry and setting exactly this. I also think that if you have experience, what do they need proof of the degree for?
@@Michael-nr5jrthat’s bs and a complete lie. No manager expect just that.
@@Michael-nr5jr what you are saying is correct. I didn’t realize how badly I was screwing myself my not getting internships that align with my major sophomore and junior year, but it’s no one else’s fault besides my own and only I can get myself out of it.
@@jirvint1050it’s almost like the school you were paying tens of thousands of dollars to educate you should’ve told you that. You were, what, 21? You can even rent a car most places at that age.
Aerospace engineering is experiencing greater unemployment rn
Many people with IT, business, and science degrees are unemoloyed
Can literally happen to anyone
I left astronomy because of the few job options. Now I'm a laid off tech worker..
I very small amount compared to almost all other degrees.
Sociology and gender studies are where you gets screwed
IT should be good after 2026
@@Sariine436projections? Demand will rise to supply? I really hope so😂. I’m college debt free and feeling lucky but still not too happy I can’t do what I like for a living for now.
It’s true. I have a bachelors in psych and make $13hr at an assisted living facility. There’s no where to go with my degree. I wasted time and gained 32k in student debt I can’t pay back.
In comparison, my gf has no degree and works as an apartment leasing agent making $17hr plus commission.
If you’re not going for STEM, university is a waste of time and resources.
STEM business and health
yes but even though stem is better isnt it more studying with still no garuntee kust better odds but u spent twice as much on eng so its the same rip off?
Honestly that’s so unfair. Why don’t you become a school counselor? They make $28 an hour on average 🤷🏽♀️
@@mq-r3apz291u gotta network with it. Make all those connections while at school and on linked in with alumni in your field. So many companies need coders and engineers
Fuck. Sorry for you. May be just try to pivot to something you like vs what the degree pushes you to.❤
Unemployed after PHD 🌚
RIP.
PHD 😮. That’s crazy 😞
Wait seriously 😳 what was your course tho😂might be psychology or gender studies no offense
Become a professor
My condolences…so sorry to hear that…I’m assuming a ton of student loan debt.
I have a masters degree and my first job out of college after a 6 month search was $10/hour at Target. After 6 years of being underemployed, i started searching for government jobs. I now make 70k, with a pension, and health insurance with no yearly deductible. Search for county, state, or federal jobs!
Do you think your masters was a waste now?
What type of job do you do?
I have an economics degree from a great school and I'm still screwed.
Same man same, when did you graduate?
@@ps4limit996 Bro May '22! 😕
@@jsimms4292 I don't own any lions. I check the listings daily and apply to all of them. I'd say I average about 10-20 a day. Back when I was looking nationally I averaged 30 with a high of 50.
I have noticed that new grads for the last 15 years have no problem solving skills. College used to be difficult. I went back in 2013 for some upgrade classes and the professor didn't show up most of the time. but gave all of us A's. This is why you can't find a job. Employers don't want to deal with over educated, under skilled people who are a problem.
Same here. 1000 apps.
So investors can sue when they feel their money has gone to waste and they are experiencing a loss, but i cant sue a college for promising me false hope for 4 years putting me at a loss.
lol
Why is this not a thing like DeVry shuts down they liquidate
is not that different in STEM fields. A lot of us are unemployed or working jobs that are also nonrelated.
Make sure you spend 100 thousand for that degree....so you can pay them back all your life.
I’m 16 and say this all the time it’s a crazy scam
I paid almost $300K. My student loans are discharged. I’m glad. There’ was no way I would be able to pay that back,
@@Msangel06 discharged by who?
I would leaves the country. Screw them
@@Msangel06 wtf, where tf did you go. Im getting paid to go to school. I get 3.5k with my tuition fully paid, so its an additional 3.5k per semester from fasfa. Id make 7k a year from school AND go to school for free.
Where did you mess up, what degree did you get. You 1000% did something extremely stupid, not to hate.
Im going into dentistry, its gonna cost me 200k to finish dental school. How did your undergrad cost you dental school tuition. How is that even possible. If i specialize, id make 345k a year working 40 hours, if i work 80, double that, id be rich inshallah.
Where did you mess up
this is all so insane to me
What is she talking about! I have a biology degree and I have been struggling to get a job for the last 3 years even after being a nurse for 12 years, I got a position in my field but the position doesn't require a degree and it's full of people with STEM degrees earning pittance. The main issue for me is during COVID graduation in 2021 no one was hiring grads and when they started hiring graduates they were asking for degree plus 2 years experience (not including volunteer work), no one had experience during COVID pandemic! No one! It's unreasonable! So i am working in a low tier job to get my experience up, I have done 1.5 years now, it's the type of job you do when you are studying not graduated.
Lots of programmers are unemployed too. We can not compete against senior level Indians who work for freaking peanuts. I have being unemployed for quite some time
@@Way-ox9tuI mean it’s true. They got skills and work for quarter of what they should be asking for
Indian parents force their kids to sacrifice their happiness for good skills
@@himanganapanwar3832He never said they were skillful! He said they were willing to do they job for basically nothing! Most Indians can't even speak English which is a very important skill in America.
I have never been to America but I know English is important there.
That is not true what she said, I have a IT degree and can’t find anything in my field. Years ago when I did get IT jobs, they paid me to hook up servers and then they would lay you off, companies were not looking for long term employees. It’s the great lie in society. I mean other than people going in the medical field, which is nothing I want to do, there isn’t much options… All I see today is a bunch of entry level jobs that pay crap and nothing else and if there is something else companies throw all these extra requirements on you to get the job like 35 years of experience to get the better job. Problem with this country is it doesn’t have enough good jobs and it’s like the lottery system some get lucky and some do not get lucky. So please don’t say people who work all in retail have psychology degrees, that’s not true at all. We have been lied to by the politicians
(Non-Degree w/Certs Here) Do you know what you specifically want to do in IT? Do you have a home lab? Do you have any certs? Are you interested in the programming side or infrastructure side of IT? What is the quality of your résumé? (Just Trying to Help)
@@Icehawk17 my specialty in computers is Python, and setting up exchange server, repairing computers, CIDR classless inter domain routing etc
@@Icehawk17 I worked for Blackberry changing out their platforms years ago and I also worked for IT help desk with AT&T tier 3 years ago. Backups and restores etc It’s more difficult than you think 🤔 especially when AI is reviewing resumes. Certs don’t make a difference, because I am knowledgeable with my degree for things like a Microsoft server, DNS, DHCP, etc The thing is technologies are rapidly changing and you have to change with the times. I followed the rules and went to school, I got black balled, what else can I tell you. The system is very nepotistic or nepotism, I used to believe in the American dream but no more.
@@Icehawk17 your not helping, your actually making it worse for me… a cert isn’t going to help me program, a cert isn’t going to help me take apart a computer or work with complex algorithms… It’s like every time you get a degree they want a cert, then a license, it never ends, how much do I have to do to get head with this BS?
@@KJJ782 , Easy mate; don't get ahead of yourself. You sound like you've got decent qualities. Landing an entry IT role shouldn't be too difficult... How's that résumé look?? I'll shoot you a DM with some info.
I have worked in the service industry after graduating with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering. Still can't get an engineering job 9 years after graduation. Thanks Clarkson University.
Yea. You should have made connections and networked a little more.
I just graduated from USC and I am unemployed.
That school is in the middle of a dump
Hey man. I also graduated and I’m still unemployed. Been applying to random places everyday
Damn…that’s a very expensive school…what’s your degree??
@@kidneycarecoaching3766 I’m employed now. I got a job at a large non profit working as a case manager
That’s devastating and humiliating what people do after college because they heard that was the right decision just do trade sxhool it’s a better alternative
Dude it’s so bad I have struggled so hard to find employment I have a BA degree and over 3 years of experience and it’s been almost a year of being unemployed so my husband who has no degree has to work 2 jobs now because no one wants to hire me
Go to work bro, I hope he leaves you
I don't believe you. You are just taking advantage of your husband
@@MattHerbert-g1zwork where?
I have a degree in biology and work food service 😅 been applying to “entry level” jobs since before I graduated but there aren’t many (related to my degree) and it’s a very competitive process, besides time to hear back from employers varies from a few weeks to couple months. In addition you usually need specific related experience which can very depending on what job you apply to. It’s stressful
I graduated in Human Biosciences in 2004 and currently work as an Administrator.
@@belindajblake how's that going? are you able to continue studying or working with human bio related stuff?
Trades! Don't mind getting dirty, go into the trades. Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, carpentry, data, masonry, concrete etc. plenty of jobs out there. Start at the bottom and work up. We tradesmen don't have student debt. We have great paying jobs.
Yeah but bad wrists and broken backs 😂
Colleges should stop implementing ridiculous programs like SUNY Binghamton’s Social Justice degree, and students should stop picking up absolutely ridiculous majors like theater, sociology, gender studies, social Justice, etc.
I got a degree in Biology and gave up looking for a job 3 years in. Know a friend in pharmacology that's in the same boat. Its not just lib social justice majors, its the whole institution. Colleges should just stop in general.
@@dtst9661 idk what you’re talking about, the majority of us have lower unemployment rates than non degree holders. Just don’t pick a crap major and get super unlucky.
@@Milton_Friedmanite tha ks for the 2020 hindsight dipshiy
@@dtst9661 coming from the guy who claims “it’s the whole institution. Colleges should just stop”
You’re making it abundantly clear why you dislike learning so much…
And yet this country has a shortage of counselors and a mental health problem. How does this even make sense. It's not the degree people. It's the job seeker.
I knew two people who had degrees one as a therapist the other a computer science and both work either fastfood or hospitality both off there lifes yet this is seen as normal sad society.
How is the CS one working at fast food joints
@KyleDallas oh CS one finally left retail for a company that sets up audio equipment. As for the therapist he still works at the hotel
I have a degree in computer science here in australia and got a job as a software engineer before I even graduated, but I averaged reasonably strong marks. He must have flopped his way through the course.
@davidlp3019 that means the economy is great in your country, here even with everything you still won't get the job
Go for healthcare jobs. Doesn’t have to be a professional degree like MD or nursing.. can be allied health (medical lab science, phlebotomy, technicians in various fields like radiology, emergency, psychiatric, etc…).
I worked for a Nurse for 12 years, worse experience of my life, not worth it all.
i have an associate in psychology. the job i got was paying me $17 but the price was no breaks, had to travel but wont pay me unless you hit a certain miles, and dont get enough in the time of day to do it. i left the job but i am still underemployed
New chemical engineering grads have hard time getiing jobs in their field.
I have a degree in communications with a minor in digtal multimedia. I sell medical software and equipment now. LOL
Consider yourself lucky
I studied actuarial science and secured a job even before graduation. Please kids, choose your major wisely
Awesome!! How did you do it? Just applied a bunch of places during college? Internship that turned into a job?
@@DegreeFree Internships really helped a lot. I had two separate internships in my second and third years of study respectively. After that I did some programming courses on Udemy and got certifications. That helped massively too. 6 months before graduation I started applying for jobs and I got a job offer after 3 months while I was still studying for finals
What was the job title? What were the responsibilities?
@@DegreeFree I started out as a junior actuarial graduate. Worked there for 6 months and got promoted to actuarial analyst, which is what I do now. Basically my responsibility is number crunching in excel, I spend my day entering numbers into excel and performing basic calculations on data related to health insurance. Then the more senior managers (normally a qualified actuary, which is what I'm working towards), will take that data and check it, then make financial projections and do financial risk analysis for the company using the data.
I told my nephew to choose something that’ll get get him employed. I hope he listens.. my degrees did not lead to employment.
I’ll be honest. I have a liberal arts degree. But I only did it to get my folks off my back and luckily for me it was mostly paid off as a graduation gift. However, I knew good and well I wasn’t going to be successful with the degree, unless I had a strong network in the Journalism industry in which I don’t. It is best to do what you love that makes good money and once you find that thing then go for it.
I don’t have a liberal arts but I was ignorant on it until I did my research. You can do a lot with that degree.
You have a journalism degree?
Happening in STEM. First they diluted the meaning of STEM by including MBA programs with Business Analytics classes, that is not he same as electrical engineering, comp science etc. Many universities are offering quickie degrees where graduates know just the basics if at all, with an eye to attracting international students for STEM OPT, so a huge flood in entering STEM.
I don't agree. It takes 2 to 4 years after graduating university or college to get into your field. After university with my finance degree I worked at a call center and even as a front desk hotel clerk. By age 27 I finally got a job in corporate finance. Now I'm a management consultant with mid-6 figure salary, own 3 condos and on track to be a multi-millionaire. You havd to be patient. A high paying job isn't just handed over to you. Work any odd job and be grateful. Your time will come as you build experience.
Why would finance employers care about experience at a call center or as a clerk? How does that translate? I simply don't understand. Why wouldn't some employers look at that and say "that's not going to help me at all?"
@keegansayshi2479 It's not so much about the title of the job that is important. But any job you do in the past provides you not only with life and work experience, but it teaches you how to be punctual, responsible, dedicated, and provides a foundation to develop skills to work with others, get along with them, and communicate well with others. If you can master these basics, you'll eventually progress along a higher paying job. One of the directors of customer service at a government organization I worked for in underwriting financial home building insurance, only had a high school diploma and worked in retail and call centers most of her life. She now makes $135,000/year. Very nice old lady. All her hard work in low paying jobs culminated to great customer service skills a 4 year college graduate does not possess. They would hire her with 20 years of customer service experience over a guy with an MBA and 2 years of experience.
As long as you have a degree and you are interested in your field of study, get some basic job experience, then apply for the jobs related to your degree later on. They will make an exception and decide to interview and hire you even without relevant work experience, as they see you have transferable soft skills and built a good work ethics.
People with university degrees are entitled and most often think they are more superior than others. I would not want to hire someone with that attitude until they get humbled in a low paying job.
@@tigerlee9613 What makes you think I haven't worked odd jobs all my life? I don't want a job I can get into with soft skills. My degree was intellectually difficult and I want to put it to some use.
@keegansayshi2479 I don't know how old you are. But you seem lost and unsure of your life. If you are in a bad situation, nothing is permanent in life. Bad times are temporary. You will find your way with time.
When I was in my early 20s, I would never have imagined or dreamed it was possible to get to where I am today. You'll eventually find what you are looking for. Stay strong and don't give up.
@@keegansayshi2479 I don't know. But my fortune 500 company won't even hire entry level jobs without experience. Its impossible.
Im with an IT degree and cant find a job because i did dual enrollment in HS and continued after meaning i only have 1 four year volunteer experience.
(Non-Degree w/Certs Here) Do you know what you specifically want to do in IT? Do you have a home lab? Do you have any certs? Are you interested in the programming side or infrastructure side of IT? What is the quality of your résumé? (Just Trying to Help)
FYI: MOST OF THOSE DEGREES ARE ABSOLUTELY UNLESS BS
To think that so many people went into college debt without bothering to seriously check the job market in their field of interest!
Nah you’re over glossing this situation
The generations above us basically just decided that there are no skills gained from non-stem degrees. The very degrees that got them their jobs are now blown out. They have climbed the ladder and pulled it up behind them.
If you go to College/University, unless you have a solid plan in place with how you are going to make a humanities or liberal arts degree work, ex: many lawyers have liberal arts/humanities degrees like Political Science, Philosophy, History, English, etc. For the most part, stick with STEM degrees like Engineering, CS, Nursing, or other Medical degrees or Business degrees like Accounting, Finance, Marketing, CIS/MIS. I’m currently pursuing Finance bc I know that college is an investment and Finance is what I want to do bc I’m interested in it and it can pay extremely well if you play your cards right.
I hope you enjoy! I've been in a high paying soulless finance job for 30 years and counting the days that I can retire. I can sum my life up in one sentence. Making paper money for a soulless fortune 500 company that doesn't give a rip about the employees. Meanwhile my son was a music major. Works in a symphony bringing joy to the concertgoers, makes plenty enough money to be settled and independent and loves life. Your assumptions speak naively of your age.
I have college degree in Statistics. I am long term unemployed 4 years now after college graduation. No one hires me because of my autism.
Save the money and time of a worthless degree and get skills that employers want through tech schooling, internships or volunteering!
If you can’t afford an internship then you’re fucked.
@@ParadiseLordRyu But 100k in student debt you can afford?
PBS: JOIN US ON OUR BLIND ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE YOU THINK COLLEGE WILL MAKE YOU BETTER. ALSO Please DONATE.
Does it make me smarter that I said I’m not good at tough math and tough biology I’m going into trades not arts or psychology 😂😂😅
Thank god I'm STEM student.😮
Liberal arts degrees not useful majors
Those losers are good at sitting longer in lecture halls than most 😊
True 😂
Such a scam.
as contactee psychic Georgy Boreev wrote, in the book Alien civilizations of Atlantis, who used deep yoga to communicate with the astral world, before the civilization of Atlantis received a crisis, mainly many educated people turned out to be unclaimed .. indeed, in Atlantis there was approximately the same education system and about the same economy.
Become a nurse. Wont have this problem.
Yes thats true. There are a lot of people gratuating in nursing every year, but they say there is a shartage when it is just that nurses dont want to work bc of how they are treated
@@Sariine436 very true... but it may not even be that there are many new nurses graduating every year anymore. a friend i work with also teaches for the Bachelors nursing program at the local university. they start each class with 140 students and now they arent even getting 50 all the way to 4th semester. my class started with 80 in 2014, and i think about 35 of us graduated.
@@mojorider8067yup in my 4 year BSN program we started off with about 109 students down to 60 students. It’s only a small amount of people that actually graduate with a nursing. Making it easier for nursing graduates to get jobs.
I was a nurse for 12 years and I left last year, I am a graduate in STEM looking for my first major job but I would rather be on the streets homeless than do nursing again! I don't recommend it! If you value happiness over money then nursing is not for you.
Yep, this young lady was making 40 bucks an hour with 2-3 years experience as a RN
College is for kids who don’t want to grow up ,the parents don’t know what else to do with them so they prolong real life an put them in college with no direction an have a loan the size of a mortgage,,blind leading the blind ,,,,most men can’t turn a wrench,protect an provide yet ur doesn’t dawn on them to take advantage of the technical school each home school has ,votec,,trades ,automotive,culinary cosmetology,,,that’s really life an free ,I have no sympathy for stupid kids not growing up an now in debt ,,,,some people lead an some follow ,,they r the same people who lease a car lol I think they didn’t take math lol