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Nice Planet © 2009

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Terrierbyassociation said:
Woman sues the college she went to because she didn't get a good GPA and no one wants to hire her because 1) the school isn't that good 2) the economy sucks 3) the value of a college education has been radically lowered by every person going to college
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I'll hire her.

Job position: Face-kickee
Start date: Immediate
Qualifications: Fails at life, blames others
Location: Intersection of her face and my foot
Pay: Commensurate with experience
Benefits: Casual Friday - Face-kicker will only wear a steel-toed boot Monday-Thursday. Free dental (via steel-toed boot.) Free prenatal care (again, via steel-toed boot - do we want her having kids?)

Apply within.
 
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Beer Pong Horn said:
I'll hire her.

Job position: Face-kickee
Start date: Immediate
Qualifications: Fails at life, blames others
Location: Intersection of her face and my foot
Pay: Commensurate with experience
Benefits: Casual Friday - Face-kicker will only wear a steel-toed boot Monday-Thursday. Free dental (via steel-toed boot.) Free prenatal care (again, via steel-toed boot - do we want her having kids?)

Apply within.
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Christmas Bonus: Either a Donkey-punch or a Jelly Doughnut, which is up to the discretion of the employer.
 
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
IT degree? No shock there. That degree from that college is worthless in that field. Getting a 2.7 from that dump is almost as big a crime as that school offering that degree in the first place.
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I don't know much about the policies of colleges helping to find employment, but this part cracks me up to no end:

She suggested that Monroe's Office of Career Advancement shows preferential treatment to students with excellent grades. "They favor more toward students that got a 4.0. They help them more out with the job placement," she said.
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Terrierbyassociation said:
Woman sues the college she went to because she didn't get a good GPA and no one wants to hire her because 1) the school isn't that good 2) the economy sucks 3) the value of a college education has been radically lowered by every person going to college. Also she thinks a 2.7 GPA at a crappy school somehow makes it sound good.
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This needs to be bumped again and again so everyone reads it. I would quote the funny parts but the whole thing is a funny part.

Beer Pong Horn said:
I'll hire her.

Job position: Face-kickee
Start date: Immediate
Qualifications: Fails at life, blames others
Location: Intersection of her face and my foot
Pay: Commensurate with experience
Benefits: Casual Friday - Face-kicker will only wear a steel-toed boot Monday-Thursday. Free dental (via steel-toed boot.) Free prenatal care (again, via steel-toed boot - do we want her having kids?)

Apply within.
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Winner.
 
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It doesn't make any sense: They went to school for four years, and then they come out working at McDonald's and Payless. That's not what they planned.
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Insert bc, bu, NU joke here.
 
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Terrierbyassociation said:
Alumna sues college because she hasn't found a job
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Newsflash lady - A 2.7 in IT isn't going to land you a job anywhere and the college is not at fault because you earned marginal grades and chose a crappy career path. Further, you should brush up on your communication skills (both oral and written) because I think I know why you have yet to be interviewed. Additionally, way to screw your career by filing this lawsuit. If you think finding a job was hard, guess what, it just got harder. Finally, I must have attended the wrong school because I do not believe a single person from my university ever called a potential employer on my behalf. The Office of Career Advancement's job is to help you find a job, not find a job for you.

What an idiot...
 
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UMDbulldogs#1 said:
Newsflash lady - A 2.7 in IT isn't going to land you a job anywhere and the college is not at fault because you earned marginal grades and chose a crappy career path. Further, you should brush up on your communication skills (both oral and written) because I think I know why you have yet to be interviewed. Additionally, way to screw your career by filing this lawsuit. If you think finding a job was hard, guess what, it just got harder. Finally, I must have attended the wrong school because I do not believe a single person from my university ever called a potential employer on my behalf. The Office of Career Advancement's job is to help you find a job, not find a job for you.

What an idiot...
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why does she think she deserves a job over everyone else looking for a job right now, including people with years of experience in their fields? because she can't possibly have to struggle? life isn't working out as she planned, so somebody else has to pay? for some reason, every kid out of college deserves to get a job in their field right away? I'd bet a lot of the 4.0 kids aren't getting hired either, because NO ONE IS HIRING. maybe she's not getting hired because SHE IS INSANE. can you imagine hiring her, then having to deal with her sense of entitlement? what is wrong with people??
 
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The thing that amazes me most about the story though is the 72,000 bucks for that degree. That degree by anyone who does any research is worthless. She had some rotten advice or she didn't even bother to think about what she was doing. She could have worked at McDonald's and worked up the ladder and she would make more money in the long run AND they would have paid for her training.

You really have to think not only about what you want to do, but how you're going to make money doing it. Anybody in the company can do business administration and classes on network administration in particular are worthless.

Her lawsuit is stupid but schools should work a little harder on not offering degrees that no one wants.
 
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So I just calculated my tuition cost for 4.5 years of mechanical engineering, and after next spring, the total for credits, books and school fees will wind up being just shy of $55,000. For mechanical engineering. From a reputable school. Maybe she added living costs, but you can't really do that since, you know, you would have had to live somewhere regardless. But wow, that's quite a pretty penny to pay for an IT degree...
 
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Boosh said:
So I just calculated my tuition cost for 4.5 years of mechanical engineering, and after next spring, the total for credits, books and school fees will wind up being just shy of $55,000. For mechanical engineering. From a reputable school. Maybe she added living costs, but you can't really do that since, you know, you would have had to live somewhere regardless. But wow, that's quite a pretty penny to pay for an IT degree...
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Not only that but she could have gone here:

http://www.careersaver.com/

And paid about $1600 a year for any IT Cert she wanted to get, as many as she could get AND not found a job for under $7500 out of pocket.

It's sites like those that have destroyed IT/IS as a career path.
 
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