I can earn the same $0 at marketing firm and I didn't go to Yale.
As a matter of fact, I am so talented, I can earn $0 at many careers.
Tone it down a little and act dumb. You'll be hired in a skinny minute.
Sure thing, lady. You went wrong when you adopted the belief that the world owes you a comfortable living in the profession of your choice, when in fact it owes you JACK SQUAT. HTH.
If the purpose of going to college is to "get a good job", then the young lady was ill-served by her choice to major in English, since it is well known that most employers today are not looking for liberal arts graduates, without more. Those who go to college to 'get good jobs' should major in subjects with more immediate practical application to entry level middle management jobs: accountancy, engineering, management, marketing and such. However, one need not attend Yale to study such things. They are perhaps even better taught (with more urgency at least) at most second and third rank state colleges. That's where the young men and women with intelligence and ambition, but not independent means, go to learn the trades that will ensure them a middle class life.
On the other hand, if the purpose of a university (or college) education is to educate oneself, that is to say, to study the Western canon and to learn the high culture of America and Europe, its history and the like, or to study the pure sciences out of a love of learning or curiousity about the world, they the young lady was likely quite well-served by her decision to go to Yale. Were she interested in further study, or even finance or business or law school (i.e. having obtained an education as an undergraduate, learn a trade as a graduate student), she was also probably well-served, for that is the traditional path of liberal arts graduates into the practical world or, if they are so inclined, into the professoriat.
Your credential may unlock doors, but you still have to find them, and open them, and walk through them for yourself.
Mondonico (Yale BA 1985 (English))
Perhaps employers see the self-absorbed, egotistical, elistist personna behind all those wordy words.
Well....there's your answer.....what constitutes "well-developed public relations skills for the Human Rights Commission" is most likely skills in one thing - ahem...rearranging facts well.
Go back, Get your Masters, and Teach. Or Write.....
There's no such thing. The purpose of a liberal education is to enable one to live a free and examined life, something that is independent of one's job. Apparently what this girl wanted instead was a trade school of some sort; by that standard she's undereducated.
A man walked into an office and asked for a job. A salary was agreed upon, and he was hired on the spot. When he asked what his first task was, the boss told him to pick up a broom and sweep the floor. He said, "oh, no, you don't understand: I have a Ph.D." The wise boss replied, "sorry, my mistake. Here, let me show you how."
Hell, that would stop me from hiring her six days a week.
Hi, I'd like a job. And if you don't mind, in six
months or so, I'll sue your ass off for some perceived
mistreatment. Oh, and I'd like 6 weeks vacation a year.
You have an English Degree ma'am. Congratulations, you are now qualified to teach English. Other then that, your degree is worthless.
You should have majored in Business and minored in English or at the very least minored in Business. You would then have a chance to break into the publishing field or any other field of your choosing. Sorry, but there are few jobs available in any economy if you are just talent.
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What do you want to do?
I've told my kids that if they want to study liberal arts in college they'll be paying their own tuition.
Take the waitress job. I bet most managers would be more impressed by someone who is willing to take to support themselves than someone who sits at home and whines. It shows you're willing to work.
Lose the attitude. Nobody likes someone who thinks he or she is smarter than everyone else.
While you're looking for a job, take a business or an information science class. You would be sending the message that you understand you have a lot to learn.
Learn to market yourself. That stuff about the Human Rights Commission just screams to many employers "Oh, no. This woman must be a b***chy feminist who's going to complain and file a lawsuit." That's not fair, but that's reality. You can get around that by being ready to cite examples where you were a team player. Also, make sure your interview suit doesn't scream "uptight feminist." Avoid pantsuits, for one thing. Especially black ones.
Companies have real difficulties finding people who can write, so you want to emphasize that skill. But you have to remember that a "pure writer" is not of that much use. You have to understand the subtleties of what you're writing about. If you get a job at a software company, you have to prove you're willing to learn all the details of the software products.
Many years ago, I was in a similar position to this woman. I had my attitude, and was unemployed for a year after coming out of college. I blamed others for not appreciating my skills. The truth was that I didn't understand how I could take my skills and make them useful for an employer.
I can earn the same $0 at marketing firm and I didn't go to Yale.
As a matter of fact, I am so talented, I can earn $0 at many careers.
Seriously, your mistake was majoring in a field in which there are really very few jobs. If you as intelligent as you sound, and a good career after college was your goal, why didn't you pick a harder (but more valuable) major?
You made a poor decision- get some education and training that will be useful to an employer, and you will be employed.
It's really that simple.