oh yeah my vast knowledge afforded to me by my liberal arts political science degree sure gets me interviews at companies that want very specific skill sets and experience not someone "who can learn." My first professional job with my fancy university degree was working for Harris Teeter cleaning mop sinks with my bare hands for $8.50/h…
oh yeah my vast knowledge afforded to me by my liberal arts political science degree sure gets me interviews at companies that want very specific skill sets and experience not someone "who can learn." My first professional job with my fancy university degree was working for Harris Teeter cleaning mop sinks with my bare hands for $8.50/hr. I value my degree greatly, but that doesn't pay my bills or give me the career growth I so desperately need to stave off rising healthcare, HOA dues, and food costs. I wish I had been told to become an electrician.
I'm sorry you've been unable to make the most of your college education. Perhaps it's your interpersonal skills that, as evidenced from your post, have failed you, not your education?
My fourth job was working 10 hour shifts on the manufacturing line where they packaged the medicines produced from the plasma donations for a whopping $12/hr. I went to college because I was told I would work at the factory without a degree, but I had to work my way UP to factory work. You can have your knowledge. It is worthless.
5th job was running the Serpa packaging machines on the line for $14/hr oh and by the way my coworkers were old ladies that had been at the plant since the 80s. Let me tell you a professional network of old women with no need or desire for advancement that work on the manufacturing line does NOT provide for a viable professional network.
6th job was at Merck mass producing varicella vaccines for about $19/hr. Mind you half of my coworkers had no college degree and many became technicians with no experience. Why I had to work my way up from a $10/ position when I was over qualified with my degree will forever be a very painful mystery for me.
I got laid off from Merck when they decided to use substandard growth media and the potency of the vaccine we produced was subpar. I next worked for Cree semiconductors for $16/hr where part of my job was to etch SiC powders using Hydrofluoric acid. Splash that on 5 inches of your skin and you die without calcium calgonate to neutralize it, calcium calgonate that I PERSONALLY had to buy because cree did not provide any in the first aid kit on site.
Went back to merck when they decided paying more for better bovine calf serum was worth it.
and now after being so burned out from working 12.5 hour night shifts at Merck I had to take a pay cut. I am currently an administrative assistant doing data entry, mindless repetitive data entry. I went to college to avoid being a secretary and yet here I am. I went to college to avoid working on a manufacturing line and yet here I am. 10 years after graduating and I still have no career. If I had STARTED at my current role that took me 10 years to get to I would have said my degree was worthwhile. At this point in my life what hope is there? I have completed 21 hours of accounting coursework to apply to a masters program, but I will have to take on a lot of debt and at this point I wonder if I can even recoup that off a promised salary of approximately $60k with a master's in accounting.
oh yeah my vast knowledge afforded to me by my liberal arts political science degree sure gets me interviews at companies that want very specific skill sets and experience not someone "who can learn." My first professional job with my fancy university degree was working for Harris Teeter cleaning mop sinks with my bare hands for $8.50/hr. I value my degree greatly, but that doesn't pay my bills or give me the career growth I so desperately need to stave off rising healthcare, HOA dues, and food costs. I wish I had been told to become an electrician.
I'm sorry you've been unable to make the most of your college education. Perhaps it's your interpersonal skills that, as evidenced from your post, have failed you, not your education?
You probably would like it.
My second job was cooking and serving drinks at a bowling alley for min wage plus tips.
My third job was pricking plasma donor's fingers and screening their blood pressure for $10/hr at a plasma donation center.
My fourth job was working 10 hour shifts on the manufacturing line where they packaged the medicines produced from the plasma donations for a whopping $12/hr. I went to college because I was told I would work at the factory without a degree, but I had to work my way UP to factory work. You can have your knowledge. It is worthless.
5th job was running the Serpa packaging machines on the line for $14/hr oh and by the way my coworkers were old ladies that had been at the plant since the 80s. Let me tell you a professional network of old women with no need or desire for advancement that work on the manufacturing line does NOT provide for a viable professional network.
6th job was at Merck mass producing varicella vaccines for about $19/hr. Mind you half of my coworkers had no college degree and many became technicians with no experience. Why I had to work my way up from a $10/ position when I was over qualified with my degree will forever be a very painful mystery for me.
I got laid off from Merck when they decided to use substandard growth media and the potency of the vaccine we produced was subpar. I next worked for Cree semiconductors for $16/hr where part of my job was to etch SiC powders using Hydrofluoric acid. Splash that on 5 inches of your skin and you die without calcium calgonate to neutralize it, calcium calgonate that I PERSONALLY had to buy because cree did not provide any in the first aid kit on site.
Went back to merck when they decided paying more for better bovine calf serum was worth it.
and now after being so burned out from working 12.5 hour night shifts at Merck I had to take a pay cut. I am currently an administrative assistant doing data entry, mindless repetitive data entry. I went to college to avoid being a secretary and yet here I am. I went to college to avoid working on a manufacturing line and yet here I am. 10 years after graduating and I still have no career. If I had STARTED at my current role that took me 10 years to get to I would have said my degree was worthwhile. At this point in my life what hope is there? I have completed 21 hours of accounting coursework to apply to a masters program, but I will have to take on a lot of debt and at this point I wonder if I can even recoup that off a promised salary of approximately $60k with a master's in accounting.