College students, wake up: You need more than a degree to get the job 14 Articles

by Sebastian Ramshackle III

Its an exciting time. You're off to College or University and you're hoping to come out of the experience with a passport to a secure future in a job you'll enjoy. That's great, but its a mistake to look on the purpose of ...read more

by Shona K

In today's market, a degree is just one of the list requirements for many jobs out there. The reason for this? That nice shiny piece of paper says that you have some knowledge of your chosen field, but nothing about what k...read more

by Ted Sherman

As a retired ex-boss of a 40-person creative in-house agency, I can remember very well what my attitude was about job applicants who listed a college degree on their resumes. My first remark, unintentionally snide, was, "O...read more

by Jennifer Swisher

During my senior year of high school I began to look at colleges. I had my mind on the local community college because I really didn't have the money to go to the university. My mother told me for 18 years that I had to go...read more

by Lauren Russell

It used to be true that if you had a college degree, you could almost be guaranteed a great job. Now, everyone has a college degree and it means virtually nothing, except that you won't be excluded from getting a job. A co...read more

by Tony Magee

Let's be honest....most of us decided to go to university,not to further develop our education but simply because it is the next step after school. Now there are the lucky few, the doctors, the lawyers, the dentists, the c...read more

by Nicole Chappell

There's always one, or a few, of those people that stand out in the crowed of friendship. The ones that live happily through high school with no income worries. The ones that think life's great because everything gets han...read more

by Connie Castellano

College students should be prepared to show employers that they have a well-rounded vitae of experiences. It is not only important to employers that you have attained your degree aspirations, but that you have other experi...read more

by Jeremy Whitley

It seems that the business world is torn, definitely not equally, but torn nonetheless between those who feel on-the-job training is necessary and those who feel it is not their responsibility. Project management and busin...read more

by Alexis Bacon

Throughtout the childhood years of current college students they were told, "if you want to be anything, go to college", "you can do anything once you got to college", as well as other claims of college leading to that "dr...read more

by Nappy Black

You've just graduated from a four year college with a degree in Public Speaking or even in Business. You type up a resume, fill out a few applications, and 6 months later still no job. Now you feel like you've wasted your ...read more

by myssmorganna

Oh those fat college books with their dog eared pages, spiral notebooks just waiting to be filled with notes, brand new pens and mechanical pencils. How I love them! The only problem was that at 36 years old, my pursuit of...read more

by Timmy Sanders

To all of those in college now, and those about to start. College is a major change from high school and not always a good change. The freedom that you get in college may seem like a blessing, and in a way it is. But it...read more

by Anony Mili

Too many students these days feel that their charm and good exam results alone will help them get their ideal job. Unfortunately more often than not, this will not be the case. I work in HR for an IT company and when we lo...read more