One thing that would help a lot would be to get rid of the system of unpaid and underpaid internships and make those real-paying jobs. Many graduates at all levels of education find themselves in a position where the majority of positions available are internships, more and more of which require graduate degrees to participate in. If even a portion of the internships were shifted to paying positions it would mitigate the economic woes of graduates tremendously and the work done would increase in quality as well.
Neahga Leonard *There is not just a whole world to explore, there is a whole universe to explore, perhaps more than one.* http://writingfornature.wordpress.com/ On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:57 PM, David L. McNeely <mcnee...@cox.net> wrote: > ---- Kevin Klein <kkl...@mail.ic.edu> wrote: > > I haven't been able to follow the entire thread but one thing I draw from > > what I have read is that it is incumbent on those of us who work with > > students at all stages in their academic careers to also advise them to > > consider the job market in their chosen disciplines. In so doing, they > > make more informed decision and they study with eyes open wide on the > > possibilities open to them at the next stage in their life and career > > journey. Much easier said than done. It reminds me of two PhD markets > in > > recent years. One, where hundreds of applicants vied for the reported 2 > or > > 3 job openings that year and second the hundreds of positions open for > the > > 2 or 3 PhD candidates graduating each year. Hopefully we advise our > > students of the job market realities. One place a student might look for > > this information can be found here. > > http://www.bls.gov/ooh/occupation-finder.htm > > > > > Hmmm.... . I was an academic biologist for 35+ years, after the time > spent preparing. I cannot recall a time when there were "hundreds of > positions open for 2 or 3 Ph.D. candidates graduating each year." I do > recall a good many times when the opposite was true. > > David McNeely >
