Won't give you an a job if you didn't have an internship. Won't give you an internship if you didn't have an internship. Can't otherwise get an internship unless your dad works there. 🙄
A paid internship, you say? Hahaha, there's the door, thanks for coming anyway.
See the issue is "gain all the skills"
Comes after the job
Grads know nothing... They just hopefully have the foundation concepts there now to build the true knowledge of how things work and are done in the real world.
That's the real reason grads can't get jobs... I'll take someone with 10 years real world experience in the role or one similar and no on paper qualifications in a heartbeat over a fresh faced university graduate.
Cool, I'll just waste 4 years of my life to waste another 10 years in order to get an entry level job that pays dirt. Sounds great. Grand system you have.
Just make your own business. It's easy! Just lend 500 000€ from your parents and let's go!
Don't blame me...
I want to give people a chance but why would I hire someone fresh with no experience who won't except a starter wage because they think they are:
"qualified now and deserve a high pay"
Just because that's what the for profit, higher education system has told them, does not make it true.
If someone had instead spent those four years in the industry gaining some experience from a beginner role, plus went and got a few industry certifications, I would be much much more likely to hire them and at a higher wage.
That would show that they are capable of actually functioning In the role, and have a bit of knowledge about how the real industry works, and how to function in a real workplace.
Doing well at university while admirable often requires completely different skills to what you end up needing in your chosen field. You can't blame employers for knowing that and hiring accordingly.
I think nowadays the correct play is enter the industry you want to go into immediately out of school, at whatever basement level you can get in at, study part time to get the piece of paper while also getting real experience.
You will be far more capable (aka valuable) at the end of it.
Oh gosh yes, colleges aren't doing their students any favors. I own a engineering firm and I'd much rather hire a tradesman with 4 years experience and GED to be a project manager than a fresh engineering grad.
As long as you're not hired by Vince McMahon, the first guy in the meme, who forced employees to give him blow jobs
Gru? 🥺
Gru is a god, not a mere man
allegedly
Damn are we really all.. in the same ship?
Apparently yeah
You could add keeping a job as a slide too. I've been laid off 8 times in 14 years because of fIdUciAry reSpoNsiBiLity.
i graduate in december 🤞
Start applying now.
Cheers, Good luck mate
Depends on the industry and if you have any co-ops or internships under your belt.
It's tough starting out for most people, but it's way better than the kids that graduated in 2020 or 2021. I still worry about them sometimes...
