[Ann Archy]

History degree???? What the HELL would they be good for in the workplace?? NOTHING but be Mr. KnowitAll.

[Eye of Unk]

The people I would hire the ones with unique skills needed for if and when Americans have to fight I will already have a crew.

I hire people, I pay heed to such things as shortwave operators, military backgrounds, gunsmithing and certain computer skills.

I have no place for the socialistic tripe fed wussies that openly admire socialism. I can tell on a job application to a good degree where a person stands.

[Sooth2222]

"Not all graduates face such dire straits. Those with in-demand degrees in areas such as engineering, information technology and nursing enjoy much brighter job prospects. ... Kevin Davis, who earned an electrical engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin, had three job offers before he graduated in May. He took a job with Toshiba in Houston....John Hollman will graduate from Austin Community College in December with a two-year associate degree in nursing. The San Antonio native already has two job offers, ... Psychology, for example, is the third-most-popular four-year degree in Texas and one of the fastest growing, .... More than 5,000 people graduated from Texas colleges and universities with bachelor's degrees in psychology in 2010, she said, to compete for four job openings in the field, with an annual salary of $22,000. ... Conversely, Texas colleges graduated far fewer engineers than psychology majors in 2010 — just 271 petroleum engineers, according to Workforce Solutions Alamo, and demand far outstrips supply, especially as the Eagle Ford Shale continues to boom....Starting pay for petroleum engineers averages $85,000, Esquivel said. For the 405 chemical engineers who graduated in 2010, it's about $60,000."

Obtaining a degree that there would be some demand for (and an $85k starting salary) might require some work and spending a few weekends in the lab and library, and not spending weekends with drugs, alcohol and using those "free" contraceptives from Obama.

Proof positive that a college education can't make anyone use common sense.

[rurgan]

ping

[LittleBillyInfidel]

She needs to find work as a journalist! Hell, it took TWO of them just to write this article. (Sending 3 to 5 resumes a week? That’s it? Seriously? Wow....)

[RegulatorCountry]

The electronic media major should not be having problems, social media coordinator and manager positions are fairly plentiful here in NC, and we were hit hard and still have higher unemployment than TX. Of course, he should have been taking those unpaid internships during summers while still in school, that is if he couldn’t find even a menial paid position with an employer in his field to gain some exposure and make valuable contacts, referrals and at least a few genuine references. It doesn’t sound as if he did this. Is there no longer such a thing as a placement office? All this was common practice, at least up to my college years.

The psych major needs to be interviewing with HR departments and security firms, possibly police forces, anywhere the ability to assess and screen applicants or individuals granted access would be needed. There is a level of intuition to this, however, and no experience will again rise up and bite a job hunter, just as in the previous example. His school failed him if he wasn’t counseled to pursue every avenue of exposure in his chosen profession prior to graduation.

The history major, well, I hope her passion translates into working her butt off in order to find something other than a tour guide position at an historic attraction. There is interest in history as far as salable products, apparel, collectibles, even peculiar things like jigsaw puzzles (thinking of the local Heritage Puzzle Co., a division of Heritage Publishing, very nice stuff if you’re into historic lighthouses and such), so over time she could build her way into a viable business but would need to acquire a great deal of other knowledge in order to capitalize upon a love and knowledge of history. The university that popped her out naive and unprepared is negligent. It’s not as if the job market hasn’t been pretty bad for four years going on five or anything.

These educrats take much for granted and have failed all three of these recent grads, imho.

[meadsjn]

More than 5,000 people graduated from Texas colleges and universities with bachelor's degrees in psychology in 2010, she said, to compete for four job openings in the field, with an annual salary of $22,000.

You can't fix this kind of stupid. Many of these mis-educated idiots will be going back to school to get an MBA or Law degree to pile on top of their under-grad fluff, and will just further degrade our corporations and politics.

[Will88]

The recession changed the economy permanently, economists say. In this largely jobless recovery, millions of mid- and entry-level positions are gone, the work now automated.

Oh BS, some jobs have been lost to automation, but millions have been exported with the exported manufacturing plants, and millions more white collar type jobs are being outsourced to India and many other nations.

Heard a recent radio spot discussing how more and more legal work is being outsourced to India. There is hardly a profession now that hasn't seen significant work outsourced: engineering, accounting, computer programming and other work, drafting, law, tax preparation, radiology and other medical related work, and not even to mention customer service and other types of call center work.

Some will continue to pretend that the above has little to do with our unemployment/underemployment situation and fiscal problems because so many campaign contributors now outsource work.

But don't worry, it's being made up for by the $1 trillion dollars now being spent annually on support program benefits that go mostly to working aged Americans. 60 million Americans now on Medicaid, and that will rise to 80 million if the Obamacare expansion is carried out. Similar stats for other government support programs.

[Tax-chick]

I have a 21-year-old in the military and an 18-year-old in community college/working. I’m sorry that so many potentially productive young people believed that any degree was a ticket to easy wealth. Now they’re stuck.

I graduated with a degree in management in 1989 in a down economy. Couldn’t move for a job because I’d gotten married, so I started as a secretary at That Insurance Company and moved up. There aren’t as many secretary jobs these days, because people in the main lines of business believe a computer makes them competent to communicate, file, manage time, etc. It doesn’t, but whatever.

[John 3_19-21]

When most university faculty are decidedly anti-capitalist is it any wonder so much of their product doesn’t mesh with the business world?

[Incorrigible]

Bump

[miss marmelstein]

Cry me a river. My generation started out in the mail room and secretarial pool and they ended up doing pretty well for themselves. Well, until Obama came along...

[VanDeKoik]

“College grads learning good jobs hard to find now”

Pfffft!

I have a bucket. I shall cry all of two tears into it.

Take it to SCOTUS. They may be able to find a way to mandate you a job.

[pistolpackinpapa]

“You go to school thinking you're going to graduate and there's going to be a job in an office waiting for you,” he said, “but a few years into it, you realize that's not really going to happen.”

You go to a 2008 Political Rally and let this Black, Marxist, Muslim guy charm and mesmerize you, and you join in with hundreds of others and chant: YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN! Then after three years of the Marxist's Presidency you realize that "NO WE CAN'T!".

Well, what can I say? Hope the couch in your parents' basement is comfy and that they rag on your a** everyday to get out and find a job that's not there. And, if America reelects Barack Obama on November 6, 2012, I hope that everyone who votes for him loses their job, their house, their car and end up in living together in the park in a tent with all the "Occupy" scum; getting mugged, robbed and raped.

[rabidralph]

History, psychology and electronic media? You’d have to be very creative to find a job that directly translates to the first two. Electronic media, this person needs to move to a podunk town and get a job with the TV station or become a technical writer, if they learned any writing in college.

[Alas Babylon!]

More than 5,000 people graduated from Texas colleges and universities with bachelor's degrees in psychology in 2010, she said, to compete for four job openings in the field, with an annual salary of $22,000.

Four jobs? Pathetic and I blame the colleges. You've got to know that all those college psychology professors and instructors have jobs!

I work at a university teaching high-level IT skills.. Just getting the know-it-all professors to understand there is a world beyond Cobol and object-oriented programming is tough enough (I had to offer them FREE classes), but to convince the psychology and various feminist/black/chicano/gay studies types that there programs are worthless is next to impossible. Why? Because they got a nice cushy teaching gig without having to break a sweat and to actually inform their students that they're on a dead-end track would mean the gravy train is over.

Believe me, the professors in these worthless programs actually go out recruiting students. Despicable!

[bert]

I recently visited the West Texas town of Kermit, smack in the middle of the Permain Basin. They are drilling for oil all over the place there and are crying for people to work.

Andi Meuth should get off his resume sending ass and get out to Kermit or Monahans where there are tons of openings but no people to do the work. A warm body will earn more there than any history major starting job ever will.

[vetvetdoug]

When I was in college, those that majored in Psych were there to party and the females were there to find a degree in Mrs. This female graduated with a degree in Psych..Even the senior level psych courses were ones that required little, if any, hard work.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

My son took on a different tactic.

He was set to graduate with a Biotech degree and was looking for any job in that field. Many hundreds of resumés later he was getting discouraged. I had a long talk with him and advised him to concentrate on his studies and his part time job...he worked in food service in a retirement home/facility...and put his faith in God to show him his path.

He graduated and continued working hard at his job and did continue looking for a biotech job.

Last week he called and said his boss had recommended him to his boss for a manager's job in a much larger facility owned by the same company.

He interviewed once last Friday and was offered the job on the spot. Full time employment with a $14,000 increase in salary with benefits. He is still walking on air. He knows it is not in the field he studied for but has a lot of time to explore this opportunity. He may wind up loving it.

Hard work, dedication and faith will carry a person a long way in this world. My son has learned this lesson at the tender age of 23. God is great.

[montag813]

demand far outstrips supply, especially as the Eagle Ford Shale continues to boom. Starting pay for petroleum engineers averages $85,000, Esquivel said.

Gee, I can't imagine why students raised on "being green" would not choose degrees in petroleum engineering.