<p>We must live in a bubble around here. All of D1’s friends who graduated in '10 have decent positions in their fields of study, including teaching, and D2 who graduates this spring has multiple friends who already have offers. They all worked part time jobs while in school or had internships. That job experience really pays off in my opinion.</p>
<p>All my D friends are on east coast, so NY/NJ/CT area almost impossible for any teaching positions, believe me I know they have tried.</p>
<p>I don’t think they take the cashier jobs with the intention of being manager one day, they are taking these jobs because they have not other options for a job.</p>
<p>Minnesota must be the place to go for work because I can surely tell you, the jobs are not on the east coast.</p>
<p>As far as teaching positions, you can check it yourself, here is all of NY (except NYC) open positions, LI alone has about 4 full time teaching positions, the rest are all leave replacement or substitute. The rest of the state is the same.</p>
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<p>The two looking for teaching jobs are from NJ.</p>
<p>All these kids worked/internships during their 4 years. Also all worked thru HS</p>
<p>These young men and women I know hounded for even the FEMA jobs post Sandy, what that was 3 months ago, not one of them heard a word. One did land a counseling job for storm damaged victims helping with forms/insurance issues.</p>
<p>Even newly licensed RNs are not working, or able to work as RN’s, I know I have passed on multiple resumes for them</p>
<p>read thru this nursing forum on all those disappointed, jobless and wondering what to do next</p>
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<p>There aren’t many teaching jobs here either. The school districts have cut backs too. I know a math teacher who got Cut back after the least school year.</p>
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<p>Have those friends tried finding teaching jobs in urban areas? They are usually desperate for teachers! In CT, I know that New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford are always looking for teachers… especially in the beginning of the school year.</p>
<p>And nursing is not the greatest profession to be honest. At least where I am from. The pay is terrible compared to years past and they work you like a dog. One doesn’t realize this until its too late and you are knee deep in the profession. I agree, the jobs are hard to come by. A BSN is not worth the paper its wriiten on in many cases.</p>
<p>I know several young women who got teaching jobs in Arizona/Texas/ New Mexico. Would they look OOS? One got engaged out there and came back to MN and got a local teaching position this fall. If I remember correctly the school districts recruited on their college campus and offered signing bonuses. They were more rural than urban.</p>
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<p>It depends on the industry and the required skills. It is easier to find a job if you have specialized skills/education and you work in certain industries, because so many candidates from the warmer states are scared of Minnesota’s winters (although in the last couple of years, the winters here have been pretty mild).</p>
<p>Also, if someone is looking for a job as a teacher, there are always positions open in Minneapolis school district. You have to be prepared for 3rd graders bringing knives to school, or 2nd graders trying beat teachers up though. I am not exaggerating - I have a friend who loves challenge and has been working there and it happened to some of the teachers there.</p>
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<p>Typically, jobs open up for teachers during the summer months before school begins in the fall. It is highly unlikely anyone could find an open teaching position in January. So, you and your friends will have to wait it out until the summer. A good way to get your foot in the door is to work as a substitute teacher. If the principal is impressed with you, you will be one of the first considered for any future job openings.</p>
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<p>According to the US Dept of Health and Human Services, the areas where there are critical nursing shortages are Florida, California, Texas, Illinois, and NEW YORK.</p>
<p>poetgrl,</p>
<p>Many hardworking people consider their jobs dead-end because they cannot move up due to hostile work environments (negative office politics), inability to relocate, family responsibilities, illness, etc.</p>
<p>TheresaR, if you are saying the economy has put workers at a disadvantage, you will get no disagreement from me on that. If you are saying that new college graduates can’t move up because of a hostile work environment, inability to relocate or family responsibilities?</p>
<p>I just don’t know those kids. </p>
<p>Maybe you are right. Maybe they are doomed.</p>
<p>Poet, you are on a roll today!!!</p>
<p>The report can be downloaded from [Underemployment</a> of College Graduates](<a href=“CollegeLifeHelper.com”>CollegeLifeHelper.com) .</p>
<p>Poetgirl, the potential for advancement only holds true if you work for a large corporation. Even the top management job at local stores, restaurants, etc. would not be that appealing in many cases, especially if you live somewhere with a high cost of living.</p>
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<p>I think what TheresaR is saying that there many factors why people cannot move up. The factors she listed are legitimate reasons.</p>
<p>There is a new reality in the workplace, today. It is what it is. Do with it what you will.</p>
<p>Sorry to any and all who are experiencing challenges right now.</p>
<p>In my day it was called, “getting your foot in the door.” Almost everyone I know, except those who went on to med school or law school, started out this same way. If you are smart, educated and a hard worker, you will be recognized and have the opportunity to work your way up the ladder, and once you have some good experience under your belt, can move on to other companies, a better job with a higher salary. </p>
<p>I think it is crazy that kids graduating today think they are going to get their dream job straight away at a great salary.</p>
<p>I think the notion of being “overqualified” is why so many college grads are crashing at their parents’ house waiting for the “perfect job” rather than taking whatever comes along. And of course, the last thing employers want to see is gaps in employment.</p>
<p>In most professions, you do have to start out as a grunt and work your way up. I suspect some kids expect to get that dream job right out of college. When did that expectation start? </p>
<p>Most teachers I know were either hired by the district where they did their full time student teaching or they subbed for a year or two. School districts have a built in way to see how good you are. Anybody graduating in December should get on the sub lists now. If they’re lucky, they’ll get a long term sub job and then get hired in August. </p>
<p>Someone with a major in business can work their up from a sales position in retail to something at the corporate headquarters. Most companies give current employees first crack at jobs, in my experience. A smart new grad will take that “underqualified” job and offer to do things that are more oriented to the job they really want. For example, a marketing major can demonstrate their talent in creating displays. An accounting major who takes a job at a mom and pop place can offer to do the books or develop an accounting system for them.</p>
<p>Is a PhD in Mechanical Engineering overqualified for an auto repair job? I’m not sure if he’s even qualified to do a good job. What one can do defines her qualification, not her formal training IMO.</p>
<p>When did the myth of the perfect starting job come about? Did it arrive with the advent of the MTV lifestyle shows?</p>
<p>I mean, I remember when my friends and I all graduated from school, we all got jobs doing something. None of us considered these “career” jobs. They were jobs. We’d see where they took us.</p>
<p>The world has gotten so strange, and I sometimes think it is because so many people waited to have kids until they were older. our parents were young, they went to parties. Sometimes they came to our games and shows. Sometimes you didn’t get to do an activity because it was too far to ride your bike. Nobody’s parents drove them to ECs.</p>
<p>I don’t think most of our parents even cared what our EC’s were. We did what we loved, or what our friends talked us into. It wasn’t this hamster wheel.</p>
<p>We graduated college, many of my friends from the Ivies, and we got jobs. Some of us ended up very successful. With the exception of a friend who ended up a brain surgeon and a friend who ended up a labor attorney, none of us had a clue what we would do. And, you’ve heard of some of us. </p>
<p>Let it go. Get a job. Stop worrying so much about all of this stuff. Seriously, the most important thing to most of us was “where” the job was so we could still meet up with our friends to have a drink.</p>
<p>Forget “overqualified”; how about “overeducated”, at least for the jobs they’ve got. If the job doesn’t require a bachelor’s and you’ve got one, you’re considered “overqualified” which is pretty clearly a highly charged word here.</p>