[jboot]

I make no statement one way or the other about the intelligence of college graduates, other than to say that assuming that they are more intelligent than non-graduates is foolish. Intelligence is not the prime criteria in hiring: skill and flexibility are far more important.

We administer skill tests. Candidates are placed in a sandbox environment and give them a slate of tasks that are ordinary and customary for the job they have applied for. If they can't perform them, they are rejected regardless of eductional acheivement. I've rejected guys with doctorates because they can't write simple queries. They weren't stupid. They just didn't have the right skillset. Our organization is currently understaffed and we don't have the bandwidth for OJT. We need skilled workers, and I don't care if they are HS grads or college grads.

[wastedyears]

Care to elaborate? From here on out I’ll be back on at around 6pm EST, because I have to go to my part-time job where I can’t access the internet, because that’s the best I can get right now in this oh-so-wonderful economy (sarcasm, obviously).

I hope you’ll reply. I need to 1), get out of NY, and 2), get something better to improve my personal situation.