Gawker's Unemployment Stories

[Grey Fox]

I believe in Free University & I am not an hipster!

No, you're a mooch.

You're the mooch.

[fhdz]

Boom-bust cycles in employment are a natural feature of the market - as people going into law school these days are discovering. What worries me more is that lately it's mostly about the bust part. What's booming? Try to anticipate that.

Health care. Quality assurance. Analyzing large data sets. Process improvement. "Green collar" jobs, especially in engineering/building/manufacturing.

[Barrister]

Boom-bust cycles in employment are a natural feature of the market - as people going into law school these days are discovering. What worries me more is that lately it's mostly about the bust part. What's booming? Try to anticipate that.

Health care. Quality assurance. Analyzing large data sets. Process improvement. "Green collar" jobs, especially in engineering/building/manufacturing.

Health care is, possibly, the biggest bubble going.

"Green collar" jobs - I've been hearing about those for 25 years.  Still hasn't happened.

However, if I was going to tell GF to go into an up-and-coming area, I've got one word for him.

Plastics.

[fhdz]

"Green collar" jobs - I've been hearing about those for 25 years.  Still hasn't happened.

It's happening as we speak.

However, if I was going to tell GF to go into an up-and-coming area, I've got one word for him.

Plastics.

Yeah, materials science is a good one for sure.

[MadImmortalMan]

I'd stay away from teaching.

[merithyn]

It's happening as we speak.

Not where he lives... in the heart of oil country.

[Barrister]

However, if I was going to tell GF to go into an up-and-coming area, I've got one word for him.

Plastics.

Yeah, materials science is a good one for sure.

Whoosh.

[fhdz]

However, if I was going to tell GF to go into an up-and-coming area, I've got one word for him.

Plastics.

Yeah, materials science is a good one for sure.

Whoosh.

Your mom.

[Neil]

I believe in Free University & I am not an hipster!

No, you're a mooch.

You're the mooch.

I'm not the one who's trying to get free stuff that has no social utility.

[Barrister]

However, if I was going to tell GF to go into an up-and-coming area, I've got one word for him.

Plastics.

Yeah, materials science is a good one for sure.

Whoosh.

Your mom.

Don't blame me if you can't catch a reference from The Graduate.   

[Valmy]

Plastics.

LOL

[Drakken]

However, if I was going to tell GF to go into an up-and-coming area, I've got one word for him.

Plastics.

Yeah, materials science is a good one for sure.

Whoosh.

Your mom.

Don't blame me if you can't catch a reference from The Graduate.   

I did. I almost posted that I would consider it only if I'd bang a drunk, middle-aged Anne Bancroft.

[Caliga]

Pretty sure The Beeb has made that joke several times before.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I've read some. most start "i went to school for art... " and i tune out.

Funny how everybody with jobs suddenly turn into judgmental Baby Boomers and garbon.

I'm a judgemental Gen Xer who dropped out of something i knoew wouldn't give me a career and took something else. They get no pity from me for going into debt taking a degree that will do nothing for them.

I have turned into Ed. I am: old.

Well the problem now is a lot of employers expect a 4 year degree to clean their toilets.  Not everyone (succesfully) get a bachelors in electrical engineering or CS. 

From junior high on it was a steady stream of 'you have to go to college if you want to be anything above garbage collector'. 

[garbon]

From junior high on it was a steady stream of 'you have to go to college if you want to be anything above garbage collector'. 

In junior high, they took us all on the tour of the local vocational school as an alternate option to high school.