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How can they have 47% unemployment when there's a shortage of nurses? My sister got her Bachelor's degree in nursing last year and she already had a job 2 days before her graduation ceremony and her starting salary was $29/hr. I realize this is merely an anecdotal case, but I thought I'd share some experience in that regard.
There has not been a "nursing shortage" for a number of years now. For one thing, the recession brought many nurses out of retirement as their spouses lost jobs, and caused many to go from part-time to full-time for the same reason. For another, nursing school enrollments have been rising over the years, as people have figured out that it is a career that offers a pretty good salary. Supposedly a large number of nurses are in their 50s/60s, and will soon start to retire. Till then, it can be hard to get a job in certain places. That's not just me blathering as usual, that's what I've read in the nursing literature.
There has not been a "nursing shortage" for a number of years now. For one thing, the recession brought many nurses out of retirement as their spouses lost jobs, and caused many to go from part-time to full-time for the same reason. For another, nursing school enrollments have been rising over the years, as people have figured out that it is a career that offers a pretty good salary. Supposedly a large number of nurses are in their 50s/60s, and will soon start to retire. Till then, it can be hard to get a job in certain places. That's not just me blathering as usual, that's what I've read in the nursing literature.
I see, then I suppose my sister was lucky to have found a job so soon? I also assumed there was a shortage because I see a lot of foreign nurses in the psych clinic I work at and at the hospital I volunteer at here in Houston. I assumed the shortage was making these institutions seek out foreign nurses.
I see, then I suppose my sister was lucky to have found a job so soon? I also assumed there was a shortage because I see a lot of foreign nurses in the psych clinic I work at and at the hospital I volunteer at here in Houston. I assumed the shortage was making these institutions seek out foreign nurses.
Your sarcasm is duly noted. Your sister may have been lucky, well connected, in the right place at the right time, had good references, etc. The links I posted are from reputable magazines.
Your sarcasm is duly noted. Your sister may have been lucky, well connected, in the right place at the right time, had good references, etc. The links I posted are from reputable magazines.
I wasn't being sarcastic, I apologize if that's how my response was perceived.
I am very surprised by this list. I did not expect to see horticulture, mechanical engineering, nutrition and chemistry on this list. Where is history?
I am very surprised by this list. I did not expect to see horticulture, mechanical engineering, nutrition and chemistry on this list. Where is history?
There is art history though it is not the same thing.
What needs to be on this list a few years from now are the degrees of the government bureaucrats. Make 'urban planner', 'public administration', etc among the most useless degrees.
According to the stats, it's a useless venture except for the very select few that land a good job at one of the fashion houses you mention. The rest? They get to wallow in their debt in their parent's basement and behind the counter at 7-11.
Same rule applies for theatre arts and film studies. I would not, however, turn my nose up at agriculture. Many highly-respected state universities maintain close ties to the farm community, and a variety of college-taught skills (business, for example) are useful when a son returns to the farm. My brother, a veterinarian and later a public official in agriculture, met his wife through a program run by the State Agricultural Extension Network -- it can come in handy for an "aggie" "stranded" back in his home town.
And developing an agriculturally-based business (even an "organic" enterprise designed to manipulate the touchie-feelies and technophobes) can pay off quite nicely a few years down the road. Sometimes, the kid who never left the farm is one of the richest guys in the frat at Homecoming.
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