I appreciate your advice however I am not “demanding” these conditions to employers. That is the last thing I would do in an interview. Instead, I listen to the employers and have a mental checklist. If the employer offers me a job paying $35K, then I expect opportunities for quick advancement in order to compensate for the lower starting salary. If I get offered $35K for a deadend job, I say “no but thank you” and move on to the next interview.
I know the unemployment rate for MBA’s and I’ve also seen their curriculum and I’m not surprised. That is why, if I chose the grad school route, I would get a Master’s in Applied Economics with Master’s Minor in Statistics along with as much math as I could cram in my head during that 2 year span. Math is king in this world.
In regards to the school, I went to North Carolina State University which has one of the top Statistics departments in the nation along with being the top math school in the state. As I said, a BS in Economics here requires Calc, Linear Algebra, Diff Eq, Econometrics, among other math requirements. I have more math than an engineering major is required to have but it’s applied to a different discipline. They do thermo/physics, I do economics. My overall GPA is 3.385 thanks to freshman/sophomore years and major GPA is 3.619 thanks to a C in intro to micro back when I was a poli-sci major. Otherwise it would be a ~3.9.
This economy sucks but there is a certain threshold to which a job is no longer viable. It’s not like I’m expecting that much. I expect a salary near the average for college graduates ($50K), opportunities within the company, and the ability to further improve my skillset. Unfortunately, this does not look likely in this economy and with the amount of cheap labor that is being supplied abroad so I don’t know what the future holds.
If I get offered $35K for a deadend job, I say “no but thank you” and move on to the next interview.
Are you kidding me? You did not say no??
Well, being that the job market seems to be so difficult for you in your field requiring you to have 2 years experience and you state no thank you, I would woop your behind! Yeah, sorry the mother in me kicks in! I missed if you did internship at all while in college?
Sorry, nvm! You’ll figure this out, just don’t wait too long to actually say yes. You may not get the number you are looking for. You should not expect a certain level of pay just out of college. Does college tell you that? Is that their selling point? UGH
Sorry again Black_Shark, I don’t mean to be snipping at you! I’m just envisioning what I would do to my son if he ever told me that. Ever heard the saying I brought you into this world and I can take you out? Yeah, that’s me! hahaha