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It's crazy to spend so much time and money in school and not have a plan for what kind of career you are going to get when you get out. Parents and educators a
by fiftyfifty 7y ago
It's crazy to spend so much time and money in school and not have a plan for what kind of career you are going to get when you get out. Parents and educators are failing these young people in not guiding them into realistic jobs and careers. The process before anyone attends college should be to decide on potential careers and then pursue the schooling and other qualifications you need to succeed in that career. A study of the job market and relative availability of different jobs should play into that process as well.
Unless you come from a wealthy family, before you spend a dime on higher education you should spend some serious time looking at websites like this one:
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- killjoywashere 7y agoI'm a huge fan of the Occupational Outlook Handbook. That said, it's breakout of some interesting categories is fairly weak. Many medical specialties are simply not listed, while virtually every subset of engineering is listed, except software engineering (perhaps due to a lack of PE involvement?)
- spacegod 7y agoI did look and I still did not come out the other side ok. I think personality is an underrated factor. I would've been happier working at 7/11 for the rest of my life than having to go to university (which I hated) and then to a job I hated to pay it off.