but but but, I always wanted to be an african studies major or major in womyn studies. So now why is it I cannot get a job?
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The title of this article is either a frakin’ joke or made in response to what had been reported earlier this month:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2665439/posts
Of course, no mention of the petroleum industry. I’m a geologist for a large independent. We (as well as every other company) routinely hire recent college grads for 80k plus - engineers (petroleum, chemical, operations, reservoir), geologists/geophysicists, drillers etc. With oil prices high and demographics (avg age of geologist is probably 60+) there are many career options.
Sure, we might all be driving solar powered cars in 50 years but you can make one heck of a career out of it in the meantime.
...some degrees are far more valuable than others. Computer science, accounting, economics and engineering majors were in high demand this year. English majors struggled and the market for education graduates was particularly dire amid state and local budget cuts.
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I believe this has been true for years, perhaps forever. Employers are looking for skills that are needed in their business. So if you want a job, engineering is a better choice than Central American Literature for your major. It is very easy these days to waste 4 years sopping up the useless PC course content of your typical liberal arts curriculum.
Wonder if the same is true for Spanish or Ebonics majors?
Forty years ago the same conditions existed. if you wanted a good job right out of college you went to college to get the education for that job. If you didn't you ended up in the military.
The education system has been deluding itself since the 1960s. Education is not the end goal of education. It is just a stop on the way to a good job. Why else do you have “hard degrees” and “soft degrees”?
The terms of difficulty are inverse to the job openings. The reason there aren't any jobs for “soft degrees” is there are so many applicants for those jobs. The reason there are jobs for the “hard degrees” is there are so few applicants for those jobs. Capitalism at its best. Too bad our education system has been successfully ignoring capitalism since it was taken over by the radicals in the early 1970s.
The company I work for has increased hiring by 9% this past fiscal year. Looking to do more. If you do fluid process control and/or software, PM me. We have offices in CA, MA and TX.
The author of this is a graduate of the Tokyo Rose school of propaganda.
That’s a funny piece.