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I have a BS in Business & an MBA from the 2000s and I can name more members of my class that now work as someone's assistant, as a retail worker, or as a salesperson than I can people who are in successful leadership positions. I think it takes years. YEARS. Esp in this economy with so many underemployed people.
No one cares that you have a business degree you have if you are going against people with a degree & 20 years experience who will work for $10 just so their homes don't go into foreclosure.
Sad to say but if they take a job for $10 an hour their house will still go into foreclosure. That is simply not enough money and what pisses me off is that employers are actually offering that type of salary to people with degrees and years of experience. You can't survive off of that it's nearly impossible especially an adult with bills to pay.
Sad to say but if they take a job for $10 an hour their house will still go into foreclosure. That is simply not enough money and what pisses me off is that employers are actually offering that type of salary to people with degrees and years of experience. You can't survive off of that it's nearly impossible especially an adult with bills to pay.
No kidding. I applied for a job that paid $8.00 and required a degree. What the heck? I could have skipped college, gotten a waitressing or McDonalds job that pays just as much.
No kidding. I applied for a job that paid $8.00 and required a degree. What the heck? I could have skipped college, gotten a waitressing or McDonalds job that pays just as much.
Don't give up. Keep applying for jobs as soon as you see them posted. I know most agencies suck but register with those in your area because u just never know. I was in the same boat as you but I never applied for a job that paid less or equal to what I made before I went to college. Dammit Sallie Mae wants their money and minimum wage is not going to cut it!
Go get some IT certifications. Like MTA, MCSE, CCNA, A+, Linus+, Oracle DA, etc. quickest way to find a decent job with salary above $80k. If you are not interested in computer, then you can do real estate, car sales, or insurance.
I think my BBA is useless. My major was computer business information systems way back in 1997, yeah I'm getting old. I never really USED my degree and over the past decade have done temp work, customer service, worked at a movie studio. I changed and I do massage therapy but now I'm bored and want to go back to a real career job. The massage therapy is slow at the spa and now I can't seem to get back in to the market. I'm not sure if my skills are no longer useful or is my degree obsolete.
You had a computer degree going in to the top of the dot-com bubble, and couldn't use it? And now your next degree in business is "useless"?
Hard pill to swallow: Your problem is in the mirror, not in the world around you.
No offense, but BBA degrees have never been incredibly useful. You leave college with it without an actual skill. Accounting, finance, marketing, a narrower field is much better.
OP, ignoring degrees, what skills can you bring to a company? If you were to interview with me for any white collar, office job you wanted, what would you want and how would you convince me you could add value to the company?
Start by answering those kind of questions, then think about how a degree fits in.
Go get some IT certifications. Like MTA, MCSE, CCNA, A+, Linus+, Oracle DA, etc. quickest way to find a decent job with salary above $80k. If you are not interested in computer, then you can do real estate, car sales, or insurance.
The OP was from 2010...8 years....Wow, I had my heart attack back then.....
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