everytime I get on the job board there are fewer jobs im qualifed for and the ones i interview are very demanding
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economy seems to be getting worse
everytime I get on the job board there are fewer jobs im qualifed for and the ones i interview are very demanding
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But the world is saying that the economy is getting better.Originally Posted by harvey
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tee hee
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I'm in the same boat. Virtually no openings for my field...even less interviews...and employers that are raising requirements and qualifications, while lowering pay to insultingly absurd levels.
Meanwhile, I can't afford to go back to school for a third time...
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Yes,the college master degree is now the new bachelors degree.
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companys want 50 dollar work for almost zero if they take you
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Yep, and the bachelors is the new associates...and apparently, according to employers, an associates degree plus years of experience or specialized training mean nothing. Around here there are businesses demanding a bachelors plus 2 years experience for entry level warehouse work, if you can believe it. Unfortunately not everyone can afford university tuition, or the debt of student loans. Community colleges and trade schools should be and are a good source of education, yet corporate America has thrown them and their graduates under the bus by using the economy as an excuse to inflate demands and lower wages. I don't believe that this is a coincidence. If you look at the cultural differences between community colleges and universities I think you'll find that they closely match the cultural differences between the middle class and upper class. Raise the job and education requirements and you push the middle class down another notch. It's clear that the recession has decimated the middle class, and those who orchestrated it are also doing whatever they can to punch holes in any means the middle class has to meet the newly inflated job requirements.
Okay...I'll remove mynow...
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Our treasure is not in this world. God provides for us regardless of education. He is our Abba Father, he will provide.Yep, and the bachelors is the new associates...and apparently, according to employers, an associates degree plus years of experience or specialized training mean nothing. Around here there are businesses demanding a bachelors plus 2 years experience for entry level warehouse work, if you can believe it. Unfortunately not everyone can afford university tuition, or the debt of student loans. Community colleges and trade schools should be and are a good source of education, yet corporate America has thrown them and their graduates under the bus by using the economy as an excuse to inflate demands and lower wages. I don't believe that this is a coincidence. If you look at the cultural differences between community colleges and universities I think you'll find that they closely match the cultural differences between the middle class and upper class. Raise the job and education requirements and you push the middle class down another notch. It's clear that the recession has decimated the middle class, and those who orchestrated it are also doing whatever they can to punch holes in any means the middle class has to meet the newly inflated job requirements.
Okay...I'll remove my
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Cor 1:18
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Psalm 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his offspring begging bread.
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Yes,many are very frustrated when they are finding out that an associates degree will not get you very far now.In the medical field alot of specialities such as speech,pharmacy are asking for a PHD.Yep, and the bachelors is the new associates...and apparently, according to employers, an associates degree plus years of experience or specialized training mean nothing. Around here there are businesses demanding a bachelors plus 2 years experience for entry level warehouse work, if you can believe it. Unfortunately not everyone can afford university tuition, or the debt of student loans. Community colleges and trade schools should be and are a good source of education, yet corporate America has thrown them and their graduates under the bus by using the economy as an excuse to inflate demands and lower wages. I don't believe that this is a coincidence. If you look at the cultural differences between community colleges and universities I think you'll find that they closely match the cultural differences between the middle class and upper class. Raise the job and education requirements and you push the middle class down another notch. It's clear that the recession has decimated the middle class, and those who orchestrated it are also doing whatever they can to punch holes in any means the middle class has to meet the newly inflated job requirements.
Okay...I'll remove my
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I know doctors who have been practicing for years and are still working to pay off student loans.
It really comes down to the core of the issue. Are we truly better off now than our parents, grandparents, or great grandparents were... or have we enslaved ourselves to a system that requires lifelong debt, avarice, and the constant drive for material success?
"Everything is about sales." I've heard this statement hundreds of times (both inside and outside the corporate environment), and it pretty much sums up the mentality and greed of this world. Nothing is ever enough if the only thing that "satisfies" is money. We have to sell ourselves to our employers. We have to network and sell our friends and family. We have turned ourselves into a product, and according to the world we have to be marketed, and marketable, to be valuable. While items that cease to be of value are discarded.
This worldly philosophy is also polluting the church. But, it's not just sales and monetary greed that is a problem. It is also idea that quotas are the "definitive" measurement of any type of success. For example I'm hearing of churches requiring "salvation" quotas for their pastors, staff, ministers, and volunteers. Those who fail to produce are let go. The drive to succeed has become prideful. Are we truly salt and light if we are allowing pride or the philosophies of corporate "growth" (read: greed) to dictate our worth or direction? No.
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I agree.
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