A Picture Worth at Least 10,000 Words
I think this photo of an Occupy Wall Street protestor shot by Jena Cumbo is worth at least 10,000 words. So, I thought I'd post it. Can you say overeducated, overqualified, and unemployable? It's a great illustration of what's wrong with our higher education system today where such a large excess of college graduates are produced that their degrees have little employment value.
Photo credit: Jena Cumbo, image linked from SOMA Magazine.
8 comments:
Great, but sad, imagery. I can already picture intellectually lazy Boomers, tools for the owners, and talking heads - relying on idiotic assumptions - bleat "Imagine that. A degree in European History doesn't lead to a six figure job. Be responsible and pay what you owe."
Common sense doesn't work with these people very well. They conveniently "forget" that their BA in Political Science from Pete Williams College cost less than $3,000, in 1978. Back then, they could work part-time at McDonald's and cover tuition - as well as some housing expenses.
"Network."
I like the sign that says, "Will work any damn job! Not "unpaid internships".
Do NOT ever work unpaid internships. It won't help and most employers these days refuse to write letters of reference for legal reasons. You won't even get a reference letter out of it. Even though you are working for free, they will complain about the work you do. They may even retaliate against you when you decide to leave the free work gig. Working an unpaid internship is simply a way for an employer to exploit you. Also, don't think they will hire you just because you are working as an intern, these things rarely work out that way.
Good luck trying to explain that to members of the Boomer generation. "Back in the Fifties if you volunteered to work for free you could get a paying job out of it."
How many interns does it take to change a light bulb? Who cares, they're free!
we will need to have repeated sympathetic portrayals of these victims of the educational scam before we get public opinion on our side, and a lot of those portrayals have to be on TV. But the media is fed by the big corporations that profit from the scam. These corporations advertise on TV. Conflict of interest....
-unperson
Well I started my own law practice. Which did okay. Then the recession, then the market got flooded with new solos all calling for advice. So now I'm a realtor.
I'm also trying to get started in internet marketing. I need unpaid interns to comment on blogs to build links so I can get business. Takers? good resume booster.
This country loves and hates educated people; loves them because it makes us look "good" in terms of educational statistics, hates them because the only jobs that have not been outsourced are low-paying service sector jobs. Had this country actually valued its educated workforce, policy-makers would have made more of an effort to keep jobs here in the U.S. instead of outsourcing them to developing countries.
Don't even get me started on unpaid internships. They're the next scam that should be exposed. Internships are bullshit.
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