The Horror – College students forced to accept jobs they don’t want
Apparently no one has told Kirsten Gibson of Think Progress that there’s a college graduate unemployment crisis going on. Most people accept a job they don’t want right after college, that’s the way the world works.
Oh and keep voting for Democrats.
College Graduates Take Jobs They Don’t Want Every 5 Minutes
More than 120,000 college graduates who obtained a bachelor’s degree took jobs in fields other than those that they most preferred last year, which works out to an unwanted job taken every five minutes.
The numbers come from a recent report from McKinsey On Society, an online publishing forum for the consulting firm’s research on pressing social issues. The report says that 48 percent of college graduates took a job that required less than a four-year degree. Four to five times as many graduates are working in the retail and restaurant industries than would prefer to. The report also noted that 15 percent of taxi drivers have a college degree, up drastically from 1 to 2 percent in 1970.
In an interview with the Huffington Post, a recent college graduate, exasperated, said she’d take any job offered. “My ultimate goal right now is just to get a full-time job that has benefits; I don’t care if it’s in my field,” she said.
At a time when student debt has reached more than $1 trillion and Congress struggles to come up with a bipartisan plan to alleviate it, the fear of not being able to afford the bills is tangible for recent college graduates.
College Graduates Take Jobs They Don’t Want Every 5 Minutes (Think Progress)
Comments
I sure do know how those young folks feel today. When I matriculated many years ago, i wanted to be the starting 2nd baseman for the Chicago Cubs. They never would hire me though. After spending no time whatsoever asking my mom to call them and tell them they should hire me, I took a job in an industry I knew little to nothing about. I’ve spent most of the last 30+ years supporting my family and hopefully preparing to retire some day. But a man’s gotta dream.
Get over yourselves young folk. You don’t even know that you don’t know anything yet. You’ve gotten trophies for just showing up and you expect some multi-national company to hook you up for about $100k and let you take over the company in about a year or two. Good luck. You’re gonna need it.
Well, gee…. welcome to the real world grads! Just because you got a degree doesn’t mean that the world come knocking to hand you your dream job. You’ve been living in a fantasy world. Time to wake up and find out what it means to work hard.
Whats wrong with attending a community college? Why are students brainwashed into thinking they have to attend a high priced university or college. With so many graduates now unemployed, isn’t it time the schools they attend give the students a heads up on whats really taking place out here.
My advice to any student would be to consider a trade. If you want a good paying job try becoming a plumber. Someone’s always got a back up toilet or leaky faucet.
My other complaint is why many states are now giving Illegals in state tuition while americans living in other states pay the higher out of state rates. Since when does being an American citizen mean you have to go to the back of the line while illegals go to the front. It really sucks.