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I'm a recent college grad. Why has it been so difficult to land that top position. Doors just keep closing.?
Every position I apply for requires me to have 3-5 years of experience in the related field , which is human resources. Someone please explain this to me. Was going to school a waste of time????
5 months ago - 5 answers
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No it was not a waste of time. What has happened is that with unemployment at an all time high there is a lot more competition for fewer jobs. This means that there are a lot more qualified and over qualified people applying for the same jobs you are. Just give it some time you will land one eventually.
by Don Juan
5 months ago
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the easier the major, the more useless the degree
by Crikey a Wild Ski Bum- 5 months ago
each company has "one" personnel director, "one" attorney, "one" of this and one of that. And each personnel director stays for many years. Also, when companies merge they take only "one" of the personnel directors and the other one loses their job. In this tough economy many people are trying for a position that no one wants to leave. With 9.5% unemployment today (and that's only the percentage of people "who are still looking for work" and who haven't given up looking), that unemployment figure being the worst since 1984, and the job losses are at 1939 levels, along with more and more college grads coming out of college....well that in a nutshell says there's not going to be that position you want available anytime soon. You can apply your degree to a different field. You can also do volunteer work in leadership. You can start your own business which from your being the president that allows you to direct as well as hire and fire and do accounting. And you can get a second major.
by sophieb- 5 months ago
School was not a waste of time. If you have only a bachelor's diploma, you have less than two years THEORETICAL study behind you, general ed. credits being about 60% - 65% of your total undergrad units. ( Europeans have covered all general ed. in as much depth by the end of their high school. This means America's high schools just suck, and over half of your four years of college is basically studying subjects you could have covered in high school.) Therefore: Your bachelor's degree counts for very little in the job markets. With a master's degree, you still have less than four years' theoretical study in what your diploma says you majored in.... Expect a low entry salary, because you really are learning still, after that Bachelor's degree. Or get that Master's diploma and hope the job market gets more buoyant by the time you are through. p.b.
by petr b- 5 months ago
Top Position right out of school? Are you kidding me? Reality is going to hit hard now...just because you have a piece of paper saying you went to school 4 years, doesn't mean you have a clue what you are doing when it comes to *applying* what you learned. That is why they want 3 to 5 years of experience. A classroom and book learning is quite different than doing it day to day. Find a job in your field that has entry level positions and work your way up. It is called doing it the old fashioned way. Not sure why college grads think they should come out of school and walk into the *top position* with no experience at all? Don't you know how insulting that is to the guy who has worked there 15 years?
by 1939- 5 months ago