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<p>Read the rest of the article which contains seven reasons as to why college students can't find high paying jobs by clicking on the following link:</p>
<p>funny how you posted an article for COLLEGE students, but everyone on this forum is in high school</p>
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funny how you posted an article for COLLEGE students, but everyone on this forum is in high school
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<p>That's not true at all. There are many people in college, graduate or professional school, graduates, and parents of college students on this forum. </p>
<p>However, I think this is an extremely relevant and useful article, and thank constantIllusion for posting it. There are people here who think that the only reason they didn't get a job was because the interviewer hates them. There are way too many people here who don't understand how the world works, and reading this article might give them a tiny glimpse. Everyone freshman here thinks that they will get an internship that pays 80k/yr and that they will be making $120k/year as a consultant first year out of school.</p>
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<li><p>you are wrong, there are hardly any college or grad students on here. do you even read the posts?</p></li>
<li><p>If you didn't know this stuff already, you shouldn't be applying for the job. People don't get the job, not because the interviewer didn't like them, they just liked someone more. </p></li>
<li><p>I can't emphasize how wrong you are on this being a HIGH SCHOOL forum. If you think you will make 80k-120k first year out, you have to be in high school. Try 65-75k if you are lucky (that's with a bonus)</p></li>
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<p>There are college students, grad students, and parents on this board, though they are outnumbered by the high school students. And, by the looks of it, a lot of students on this board, be they HS or college students, have aspirations of making a lot of money in their first few years out of college, so maybe this article is a good reality check.</p>
<p>hallerbigballer,</p>
<p>Apparently, you missed the whole point of my prior post (especially with regard to your #3 comment). </p>
<p>Secondly, I have been following this forum for far longer than you. And I am not a high school student, I am a PhD student. Certainly it is true that there are many people on this forum that are going to be starting college soon, but there are also very many graduates and people with experience. We might not be as visible, but we step in when people need a reality check.</p>
<p>I didn't post this thread to start a flame war. I posted it so the students on this forum, be they in high school or college can read the article, and post their views on it.</p>
<p>Thank you, constantIllusion, for posting this article. I find it helpful even though I am a mere highschooler. In fact, don't these issues apply to highschoolers, too? Highschoolers have a hard time finding higher paid employment because of: age discrimination, inexperience, attitude, limited availability/need for flexible hours, lack of interview skills, unprofessional appearance, and resume shortcomings.</p>
<p>high schoolers have a hard time finding those jobs because they shouldn't have those jobs.</p>
<p>You might as well think that an 11-yr old should be working retail, if you think a 16-yr old can handle an IB job. No... its not age discrimination. The only thing high schoolers should be doing is trying to get laid by as many girls as possible, there should be no other serious aspirations</p>