Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
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Chan 2 local news tonight.... preparing HS seniors for college, college applications, financial aid applications, resumes, studying for SAT's.... getting into college is a tough process, class of 24 needs to get busy now to be ready....
Excellent advice but no mention of any other alternative that may exist for graduating seniors.
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Excellent advice but no mention of any other alternative that may exist for graduating seniors.
I've read at least one article lately blaming this on requirements for hiring. We need companies to seriously look to see if a college degree is required for the job. The job below mine in the gov did not require a college degree, just 2 years of college. So some people started with a job that didn't require high school, then studied and got a GED to move up. Then would get 2 years of local jr college to move up to the job below mine. My job required a college degree, but we all learned with government supplied classes. The best boss I ever had got a Poli Sci degree, he was just smart and quick. One of those "flash thinkers" as I call them,I'm more deliberate in my thinking. So you could start in the org and move around, finding your self a good niche. I had no desire to move up, there was absolutely too much politics in the organization, so you had to be good at that and I wasn't. My one saving grace was that I was good at what I did. You had to toot your horn to move up. I reluctantly did that, but it didn't come naturally.
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I've read at least one article lately blaming this on requirements for hiring. - Lapsody
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That was my experience too. I was an IT manager and many of the very best systems programmers and network guys I had working for me didn't have degrees. But when it came tie for a new hire, we had no choice but to go through HR who provides us a "service" by screening resumes and they were filtering out non degree applicants. Our job descriptions had to specify college degree as the educational requirement in order justify the high salary grade it took to get people with the necessary skills, but these skills were not taught in college. A catch 22 situation.
We finally wised up by appending "or equivalent experience" to the college requirement. Since there were a lot of acronyms and technical jargon in those jobs, HR was in no position to evaluate experience, so they more or less had to send us all the applicant resumes they received since we spoke the language.
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We finally wised up by appending "or equivalent experience" to the college requirement. Since there were a lot of acronyms and technical jargon in those jobs, HR was in no position to evaluate experience, so they more or less had to send us all the applicant resumes they received since we spoke the language.
I have met people earning $350,000 plus (or so they said) who are self taught in computer areas and marveled at their ability. I've encountered polymaths on line. Loren was one of them, but I have one on my FB timeline who is an historian, recognized and published, a linguist in Polynesian languages and ancient ones too, an artist, and an engineer who worked for a recognized company that escapes my mind. He also has some species in his garden that are rare. There was another self taught guy who was running an oil field, several rigs. I was content to be where I was and work on my little things. :)
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It's because Greedy Liberals like holding the keys to upward mobilities, and they love the gravy train which is academia.
