who has gone to school Gruaduated,and have a hardtime?

[justin_l_]

FWIW I never had any secondary schooling, although I had a two year vocational course while I was in high school. I'm in my late twenties and I'm currently making 60k. My work will pay for college, they give 5 paid hours off each week, and will give you 5k in company stock when you get a 2 year degree and 10k if you get a 4+ year degree.

[Jorgen]

FWIW I never had any secondary schooling, although I had a two year vocational course while I was in high school. I'm in my late twenties and I'm currently making 60k. My work will pay for college, they give 5 paid hours off each week, and will give you 5k in company stock when you get a 2 year degree and 10k if you get a 4+ year degree.

Those are some nice added bonus' take them if you can handle the time to go to school. I let me current company pay for my first masters and working on them paying for an MBA but I don't get shit like stock etc when done.

[matthugie]

FWIW I never had any secondary schooling, although I had a two year vocational course while I was in high school. I'm in my late twenties and I'm currently making 60k. My work will pay for college, they give 5 paid hours off each week, and will give you 5k in company stock when you get a 2 year degree and 10k if you get a 4+ year degree.

UTC? Pretty sweet deal though, I'd definitely be on that.

[RondoAcapriccio]

I can only speak for the Army, but they don't care what your degree is in, and it will have no bearing on what unit ..

1LT I deployed to Iraq with was a business major, in a commo unit.

It all depends how you commission. OCS is much more selective especially today. Commssioning gets you in, but the branch will tell you what you are going to do. For the most part only officers with specialized degrees such as engineering or medical related will work in a MOS relating to their degree.

The problem is people are not planning for their future while in university, then they graduate and.think "oh sh-t what have i done to secure a job."

[decay]

Commssioning gets you in, but the branch will tell you what you are going to do. For the most part only officers with specialized degrees such as engineering or medical related will work in a MOS relating to their degree.

That's pretty much what I said...

[z31maniac]

Funny, I've been on LInkedIn for a few years, and never once gotten anything. I know people that have gotten jobs via LinkedIN. No idea how.

Because those people have skills desired by employers. If you don't have the skills desired by employers, talk to recruiting agencies and see what they are looking for.

I get hits now and then from LinkedIn and other recruiting agencies, but anymore I've put myself in a position to be nearly topped out in salary in my field/region, likely until I break the 10years of experience point, which is 3.5 years away.

[ncsubowen]

As soul-crushing as it is, high demand fields tend to be business or sales related. If you don't like sales and you're not smart enough for engineering, the best potential field is in IT or accounting. I graduated with a 4 year degree in business IT, and now I'm in IT audit for a big accounting firm. I get recruitment emails daily through Linkedin, but it's all for the same job I'm doing now at around the same pay, so there's not much point in jumping ship.

There is definitely a lot of demand at the entry-level here though, because the promotion structure in this industry is basically either you're moving up with experience or you need to get out.

[efficient]

my girlfriend graduated 2 years ago to be a registered nurse and still can't find a job. she's thinking of going back to her old career in social work. the sad part is that she still has to pay the nursing which is like 60k+. Some of her classmates that graduated with her are in the same boat with her.

As for myself I've gone/still going to the community trade tech for automotive, i enjoy it but I'm thinking this might be the wrong career.

[nando]

my girlfriend graduated 2 years ago to be a registered nurse and still can't find a job. she's thinking of going back to her old career in social work. the sad part is that she still has to pay the nursing which is like 60k+. Some of her classmates that graduated with her are in the same boat with her.

As for myself I've gone/still going to the community trade tech for automotive, i enjoy it but I'm thinking this might be the wrong career.

Move to Canada? there's a huge nurse shortage in BC. heck, even here, there's not enough but the pay isn't very good for reasons too complicated to explain here. Cost of living is probably comparable to LA (actually cheaper if you factor public services and health care), but of course it's a bit colder. :p

[chadthestampede]

my girlfriend graduated 2 years ago to be a registered nurse and still can't find a job. she's thinking of going back to her old career in social work. the sad part is that she still has to pay the nursing which is like 60k+. Some of her classmates that graduated with her are in the same boat with her.

As for myself I've gone/still going to the community trade tech for automotive, i enjoy it but I'm thinking this might be the wrong career.

My fiance is a nurse and she got a job right out of college, earns ~60k or so now. Nursing is in high demand around here. Maybe just not out west.

I on the other hand graduated with secondary teaching certification and now I work in parts at a dealership. Feels bad man.

[Todd Black 88]

my girlfriend graduated 2 years ago to be a registered nurse and still can't find a job. she's thinking of going back to her old career in social work. the sad part is that she still has to pay the nursing which is like 60k+. Some of her classmates that graduated with her are in the same boat with her.

As for myself I've gone/still going to the community trade tech for automotive, i enjoy it but I'm thinking this might be the wrong career.

Tell her to get specialized in something beyond the basic RN. There is a better chance of finding something if you stand out.

Move to Canada? there's a huge nurse shortage in BC. heck, even here, there's not enough but the pay isn't very good for reasons too complicated to explain here. Cost of living is probably comparable to LA (actually cheaper if you factor public services and health care), but of course it's a bit colder. :p

Lol. Things are changing.

There is physically a major shortage of nurses here, but to solve the problem and the bad press surrounding it, the BC provincial government has just deleted the vacant positions completely. No shortage anymore, just the existing nurses have more load to carry.

My wife has been an RN BSN for 16 years now, has a tonne of specialty courses, is her worksite union steward, and has never been without a job with at least one other job opportunity sitting on the wayside.

15 years in she makes about $90k per year, with 8 weeks off per annum.

[nando]

Can't believe some of the shady crap your government gets away with.

oh wait, yes I can. ours does the same thing. :(

[RondoAcapriccio]

my girlfriend graduated 2 years ago to be a registered nurse and still can't find a job. she's thinking of going back to her old career in social work. the sad part is that she still has to pay the nursing which is like 60k+. Some of her classmates that graduated with her are in the same boat with her.

As for myself I've gone/still going to the community trade tech for automotive, i enjoy it but I'm thinking this might be the wrong career.

2 years and no job as an RN?? Something is missing, either she isn't looking hard enough or you need to move. Same with Engineering, the jobs are out there, but not always where people want to live.

[Holland]

My fiance is a nurse and she got a job right out of college, earns ~60k or so now. Nursing is in high demand around here. Maybe just not out west.



I on the other hand graduated with secondary teaching certification and now I work in parts at a dealership. Feels bad man.

What brand dealership?

[Q5Quint]

I went to school, got a job at the school working for my old professors, taught classes at local community college, got a job in private industry teaching, also did inspections reports and presentations. I am a people person, so I get sent out to meet with...people. One of my favorite moments was when I took a much needed vacation, and about 1/2 way into a week off I get a call that my boss is deathly sick and cant make a presentation in west virginia. This was a big deal because part of our contract with the state was to do this continuing education stuff so it was critically important we sent somebody~ I literally rented a car, bought some nice clothes as all I had was beach stuff, and drove 10 hours to do this in the middle of my 'vacation'.

As the job at school scene and private industry scene was drying up due to cuts in gubbment funding, I got a full-time job with another local engineering firm because they had seen my presentations/classes. 3 years later that scene is kind of drying up and it looks like I am about to start building my first house for a client, and possibly working for the gubbment again.

The key is flexibility. You have to be able to work, to want to work, to want to do whatever it takes.

I taught classes, made presentations, ran numbers and did estimating for engineers, did drafting and engineering drawings with autocad, made websites and scheduled training events, sat in board meetings and negotiated contracts. All of that sort of has to do with my degrees, but not specifically at all. I am not a construction manager, yet, and I don't even know what 'job' my other degree would be- something to do with solar energy and green building. I "do" all that stuff, but I don't limit myself to just managing or just solar stuff, or just what my degree was even about.

Our bookeeper has the same degree I do, but she took quickbooks classes at the local community college and has guaranteed herself a job for the next infinity years. If you intend to work FOR someone else, you should probably ask them what they NEED as far as employee skills go. They NEED somebody that KNOWS about quickbooks and taxes, billing and contracts and websites, I assure you of that.

I graduated college 6 years ago and have almost paid off 30k in loans. Really put a hurt on how much e30 time I had, but priorities man. There was also a house and car trailers and superchargers and diesel trucks involved too, so dont think I wasn't having fun. Prolly could have paid it all off by now if I wasn't having so much fun actually.

I am thinking of going back to school as a masters is pretty much required to move up the pay scale with what I do- I have been working for an engineer long enough to sit for the test too, but I know how much they make around here.... and the extra liability for about the same money isn't worth it. I would have to move to a stinky city and work for a big corporate firm to make more, but I doubt I would last 2-3 years doing that, so making the extra money for another degree 'worth it' is a hard decision.

Flexibility though. Even auto repair shops need bookkeepers, drivers, taxes done, websites built, invoices sent out and inventories kept up.

Everybody I know is going to school for nursing because they hear they make a lot of money, and a few I know actually are, but I worry about too many in the same pool.

If I had to do it again I would work for my highschool friends junkyard business, learn bookkeeping at the local community college, and start a construction company on the side. I would be in the same place I am now with zero debt and maybe more money. But hindsight is always 20/20.