Posted on 05/05/2012 8:43:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Alyssa Kjellberg still can't believe it. Two years beyond college, her career path has led only to jobs at a greenhouse, a hotel front desk, an aunt's office and a seasonal landscaping company -- all paying less than $12 an hour.
After applying for about 100 jobs, the environmental science major even offered "one week of free labor'' last summer to get a foot in the door at the landscaping company. But that job ended with the season, as will the one she's in now. Her dream of becoming a park ranger or environmental educator is drifting away.
Kjellberg had envisioned landing a government job at a park where she could be an educator or conservationist. Making ends meet by working in her aunt's office and moving back to her mother's house were not part of the plan.
A decade ago, such a serious job hunter was far more likely to land a job related to their training. Some still do today, but the norm is a longer job search punctuated by multiple entry-level jobs and internships -- sometimes unpaid.
Her boyfriend, Dan Olson, estimates he has had 15 employers in the past four years.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
So much for green jobs.
She majored in “environmental science”? Didn’t know there was such a field.
Hope she didn’t take out huge loans to get an education in a field which apparently is not going to get her anywhere in a career.
GTFU.
Alyssa Kjellberg - "environmental science major".
Maybe she should have a real degree where actual work is involved. Last time I checked, B.A. Nurses are in high demand. So are Physician Assistants and of course M.D.’s. Mechanical, electrical and civil engineers can get jobs. So can geologist and fire protection. If she wanted a real job she needed a real major. A real major and a plan.
Might have a future in pole dancing.
She majored in “environmental science”? Didn’t know there was such a field.
How could they run such a class considering the fluidity of the Global Warming cult’s claims?
Also, the students had to have learned some genuine science. Wouldn’t they ask questions that would undermine their “teacher’s” claims about “evil, nasty” carbondioxide emissions?
She majored in “environmental science”? Didn’t know there was such a field.
How could they run such a class considering the fluidity of the Global Warming cult’s claims?
Also, the students had to have learned some genuine science. Wouldn’t they ask questions that would undermine their “teacher’s” claims about “evil, nasty” carbondioxide emissions?
Not anymore, thanks to Obamacare. Hospitals are already laying off nurses and imposing hiring freezes, and doctors are almost not breaking even because of high malpractice insurance costs and lower billing as forced by Obamacare.
I bet she voted for Obama! (snort! snort!)
The post-Clinton 20-somethings today are shiftless, amoral whiners.
Boomers in their 20s were disruptive and slovenly, but all knew in the back of their minds that they would return to reality and get back to work. They were immoral, but at least they had ideals.
Today's kids are the uselss product of the moral morass created by those who defended Bill Clinton.
Actually there’s lots and lots and lots of money in environmental science. She should follow Professor of environmental science Al Gore and his methods: Invest in a green company that makes useless BS, then get Congress to pass a bill that forces the citizens to buy that useless BS.
... never had much basis in reality in the first place. So now she wakes up and understands that the world doesn't exist to indulge her dreams, and that when she can make some kind of measurable contribution to society, she will be gainfully employed.
Assuming Obama hasn't killed ALL the jobs in this country ...
Looks to me like she is very employable.
Whats the problem?
LOL.
She’ll need a suitable stage name.
Park ranger is a very small class;she should try for a real enviromental job like working in a sweage treatment plant or one of many enviromental jobs in industry meeting EPA regulations.
Only a few people are need to show children where Mr. Squirrell lives.....
“Mechanical, electrical and civil engineers can get jobs.”
The job market is rough for these majors too. I go to a major internationally renowned engineering school and have friends who are graduating with honors in these majors with NO job offers.
Another friend with a Masters of Science in Nuclear Engineering and a 3.87 gpa undergrad and equivalent grad got 1 job offer after interviewing for two+ years (went to grad school because of no jobs).
Life is hard for all majors at this point.
Tree huggers are no longer in demand?
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