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> I never understood why people leave university expecting a job out of it Maybe because universities have relentlessly touted alumni employee numbers and adv
by celim307 8y ago
> I never understood why people leave university expecting a job out of it
Maybe because universities have relentlessly touted alumni employee numbers and advertised themselves as an avenue to secure a job for decades now
- anoncoward111 8y agoThis is the correct answer. It would be like an opiate manufacturer advertising "FDA approved pain management solutions" for decades, and then turning around and saying "well you never should have expected to avoid becoming addicted to opiates."
- craftyguy 8y agoThat's only part of the equation. The other part is hiring managers that feel like candidates should have put forth "as much effort as they did to obtain a degree." These are the folks who will only consider/hire candidates from <insert small subset of 'prestigious' schools here>. Perhaps they are trying to justify the time/money they spent obtaining a degree, and don't want to allow others to avoid the trouble even if they are qualified to do the job?
- zamalek 8y agoUniversities we're once institutions of learning and enlightenment. Apart from medicine and similar, they really only serve three purposes today: networking (as you mentioned), burning money in order to print degrees, and staying in the black. The intrinsic value of a modern degree is that it demonstrates that a person can finish something that they started, regardless of being a number during that process.