So what are young college graduates to do? Perhaps their best bet is to do internships and summer jobs when possible in their career fields? Then that way, they can say they already have some experience in their career field? Just a thought.
Would work, but what to do when you can’t get hired for an entry-level DIA GS-grade position, so with your Masters in Global Security and International Studies you apply for one of those DIA unpaid internships and then are told (via auto-email) that you are not qualified.
Happened to my son.
He applied after that using a different name, Juwan Jackson, and with no degree, just some college, and received almost immediate email inviting him for interview.
When employees worked for the same company for decades, it made sense to make an investment in entry-level employees. Now that people stay in jobs only until they find a better one elsewhere, any investment in “career development” only benefits the next employer.
Each individual is now responsible for his own development, whether it be spending $200K on a degree on transgender studies, or taking training to be an electrician (for which there’s a national shortage).
Meanwhile the interest on their loans accumulate, delaying their entry into independent adulthood even further.
You’re right; students should be doing this stuff while they are students at university and doing this during the summers instead of messing around partying.