Hardly a surprise though is it? When I was in high school almost 20 years ago we were told that it would be hard to get much of a job without a college degree. Anybody that thought they could "get away without" is now paying the price. A former classmate complains on Facebook that she can't find good work because she didn't get a degree. I remember her saying she'd work as a receptionist in an office forever, after all she was making $8/hr!
I spent my 4 years (well okay, four and a half), got a BS in "Communications Media" (which is not a useless "Communications" degree. Amazing what that one extra word adds) and now I made right around 3x what she does. -Curt Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:40:18 -0400 From: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Rant question of the day Message-ID: <7f4d03f6-d682-49f4-b704-4e85b3901...@penoff.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii My wife is in a somewhat similar position, in that she has hit the wall as far as professional "progress" as she changed jobs due to moves because any position she qualifies for requires a degree. She has been working online with a college we both attended in Wisconsin and should finish up this year, thank goodness. That being said, she started out as a COBOL programmer in 1979, worked through positions such as Manager of Financial Systems at Harley-Davidson, and is one of only 1800 or so Certified Professional Business Analysts in North America, yet she is considered "unqualified" by most employers solely on the reason that she does not have a college degree. To put it simply, that blows. Dan _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
