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That's definitely a risk, and for all our pressure to go to college it's less bad in the US than elsewhere. I know Japan still has "simultaneous hiring", where
by Bartweiss 9y ago
That's definitely a risk, and for all our pressure to go to college it's less bad in the US than elsewhere.
I know Japan still has "simultaneous hiring", where a whole graduating class gets hired at once, and if you don't have a degree and a job on schedule you either avoid graduating or risk being marginalized. Compared to something like that, the US is still admirably willing to let people take time off school, drop out, or just spend some time unemployed after graduating.
- hkmurakami 9y agoEven in the US, not participating in on campus recruiting makes the job hunt much harder as a new grad (from personal experience). That being said I agree that the penalty is much less than in Japan where entire careers will close their doors on you for basically the rest of your life. In the US we have opportunities to claw back even after we have setbacks.