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At least twice a year, college people and degrees getting a closer look…Oh, boy.

The first article came during the summer months and was produced in Britain.  It was to the effect of a lot of smart people earning their degrees; however, there were no jobs to give them effective employment.  It was more than that though…

The college basically observed that most of the graduates are so smart there could not possibly be a job for them.  Now, if those people are that dang smart, why are they not the ones in the political arenas cleaning up the old ways of thinking? Progress has always been based off of new ideas that work with old ideas, to give way to the new and improved.

Right now, the price tag for going off to college is through the roof.  The reports come out yearly about how much it will cost to go memorize data, write up papers (professors may or may not agree with), and suffer sleep deprivation. (Let us face reality, college is not what it was like when grandma & grandpa, or our parents went…) The supposed gray area coming from employers is a concern about the lack of work experience.  Really? Seriously? So, it is coming down to not giving them experience at all?  The running joke then seems to be <drum roll> keeping them in college to get more money.  Yup, the professional college student.  Doesn’t that seem twisted?

While experience is necessary (and it is necessary), this is a load of crap for all over those in college.  The business world has the appearance of consolidating all major corporations, and banks are too stingy to give up on venture capital to allow the college kids to start up small businesses.  See, a load of crap.  The other obvious appearance for those college kids… there is a drive to do more and be more, hence they made the choice to achieve “a piece of paper” saying they have at least half a brain.  Just doesn’t seem right…

Experience, Experience, Experience

The whole lot of us know that experience is reviewed during the consideration for an interview.  When a person lacks experience, nine times out of ten, they will be shuffled over to the next applicant.  Depressing for them, good for the employer. Experience is needed for “the real world” work, because all jobs require balancing day-to-day operations.

Those operations (especially, for small businesses) come down to stocking, meetings with shipment guys, employees calling out, appearance of a store/cleaning, addressing customer issues (in person/on the phone) and a large number of other daily activities.  In order to call it a day and/or have a productive day, those operations need to be done.  That is why experience is necessary.

How do I know?  My experience comes from (past) experience of people not “fitting” into a job, or even having the desire to not do a job to the fullest completion.  To be clearer too, it was not a lot of people that fell into that – HOWEVER – it had a pattern.

If a college kid had experience working in any job, they would make the effort “to do” what they were hired for…but the flip side to it came to.. If they had no work history, they did the bare minimum, if anything, to just collect a check. That would leave the work for others (normally without the degree) to clean up the uncompleted tasks of day-to-day operations.  Annoying?  You bet.  Was it worth the annoyance after while, yes.  This maybe considered “hand-holding,” and perhaps those that use this term are right; however, after a few months some turned out to be a great addition to the team.  It was just a matter of doing what use to be done…giving someone a chance.  (To the boss men, who happens to read this from time-to-time, my thanks to you.)

Final Thought

People are motivated to be more and do more; thus, it takes someone to say that all important line, “okay, I’ll give you a chance.” – Remember that, and then remember those that gave you a chance. -

There has always been, and will always be, a drive in people to achieve more.  I have to admit sometimes, it is not for the good of the people, but there is a drive.  That drive is more than a state of mind.  It is more than a gut feeling.  It is more than the concept of driving sheep or cattle.  It is a part of the body that cannot be tamed even if not unleashed fully.  That drive, that motivation, is what got people in history to achieve the greatest inventions of mankind.  Eventually, the wave of college kids being dumped on right now are going to figure out a way to bypass the crap, and achieve their human spirit.

Article of Interest

College Degrees More Expensive, Worth Less In Job Market, by Kristi Oloffson, Time, (Dated) Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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