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I am just going with anecdotal and personal experience only, but amongst all my friends and acquaintances, people with specific (e.g. computer science, accounting) etc. are having no trouble getting jobs. Computer science related careers are the best. People who are having trouble are graduates with some liberal arts, law school grads etc. that have little practical application for business and companies.
I am just going with anecdotal and personal experience only, but amongst all my friends and acquaintances, people with specific (e.g. computer science, accounting) etc. are having no trouble getting jobs. Computer science related careers are the best. People who are having trouble are graduates with some liberal arts, law school grads etc. that have little practical application for business and companies.
Perhaps they and others are getting offers due to past experience, employment history and the like. Their resumes get the attentions. Experience can go a long way and a steadier work history is especially a bonus.
Perhaps they and others are getting offers due to past experience, employment history and the like. Their resumes get the attentions. Experience can go a long way and a steadier work history is especially a bonus.
I think the unemployment situation is overblown. If you majored in something that has little practical application, then yes that is a cause for concern (in previous years even the liberal arts majors had little trouble getting jobs).
I think the unemployment situation is overblown. If you majored in something that has little practical application, then yes that is a cause for concern (in previous years even the liberal arts majors had little trouble getting jobs).
There is little value in anecdotal stories. I majored in finance, tore accounting coursework a new one and had ZERO offers for either accountant, bookkeeper, assistant, clerk, etc or financial analyst.
Most recently I applied for a job where the president of the company essentially blew me off but I saw a person I had an accounting class with. She had zero experience, worse grades than me and got a staff account position at a company that did not hire me for an assistant accountant position.
There is a lot more to finding a job than mere competence. People have arbitrary ways of "liking or not liking you".
There is little value in anecdotal stories. I majored in finance, tore accounting coursework a new one and had ZERO offers for either accountant, bookkeeper, assistant, clerk, etc or financial analyst.
Most recently I applied for a job where the president of the company essentially blew me off but I saw a person I had an accounting class with. She had zero experience, worse grades than me and got a staff account position at a company that did not hire me for an assistant accountant position.
There is a lot more to finding a job than mere competence. People have arbitrary ways of "liking or not liking you".
You are probably in some small town and are refusing to relocate to a big city. Small towns and backward states offer very few opportunities.
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