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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:11 AM Original message |
There are lots more people with college degrees in the US than there are jobs that require a degree. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Tell me about it. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Well, girls are supposed to get a "Mrs degree", not any of those you worked your ass off to earn |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yeah, I didn't wait in the "fattening hut" for my husband to be chosen for me. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Sounds familiar. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. I did a post last week on the old saying... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Can you give me a link? nt |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. To the thread? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Two advanced degrees and unemployed. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I've already done that |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. The more people there are at college |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. Some of those degrees have little value in jobs with specific requirements. n/t |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. I've had 20 good years in IT, based on an Associates degree from Community College |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. Wrong kinds of degrees? Nursing & Teaching go begging for qualified people. nt |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Teaching? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. Long ago I was a floor janitor at a small liberal arts college for ten yrs |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. there are tons of occupations |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. I got my B.S. in 1975 and have never worked a job which required a degree. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
16. Of course then there is the data. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. And it's escalating. More companies asking for grad degrees—the BA is the new high school diploma. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
18. One aspect of the false hope that is "The American Dream". |
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aspergris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. True, but.. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. There are a lot of jobs that don't necessitate a degree, but |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
21. The problem with the MBA is that it's slowly becoming as valuable as today's Bachelors is. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
22. It got me where I needed to go. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. Very true in IT field from what I've seen |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. These days they want a BA for what is essentially secretarial work. |
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