I'm beginning to think that having a college degree is WORTHLESS, am I right?

Question

I graduated 3 years ago with a B.S. (no kidding haha, it's bulls*** I'm thinking) in Industrial Management and I cannot find a job.

I've even applied at being a STUPID assistant manager at Applebee's and they turned my down.

COLLEGE IS WORTHLESS.

Everyone wants EXPERIENCE.

From now on, I'm telling every kid I see, to work right out of high school and to just work their way up in whatever they choose to do. I have friends who did that and are making 40K a year and I'm UNEMPLOYED! I wasted $30,000, all to find out that I need to start at the bottom to get anywhere!

COLLEGE IS WORTHLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's seriously meaningless to have a degree nowadays.

I'm about to take a job as a waiter, go ahead and laugh.

You are so right HermanMunster, thanks for all the great responses everyone.

Answer 1

Maybe it is you...maybe you don't interview well or your resume is less them worthy. why don't you try working your way up, even the big CEO's started at the bottom. first try getting a job at a company you like at the bottom, then work your way up.

Answer 2

Yea, I understand. They say, "You need experience," but they will not hire you so that you get experience.

As to starting at the bottom, be glad that you can start somewhere. Who said that college would make you an instant success? Some people find a job and BOOM they have it all. Then, there are people like us. We work our butts off and seem to get nowhere. Just stay with it, man. It will happen. The college thing will help. You just have to let it come your way in time. So what, you have to get a low job. Some day you will be better for doing it the hard way. Suck it up, you can do it.

I never finished college and I get turned down because I do nto have the degree. I am a great worker. I have a great work record and I get the shaft for being me. LOL That is life. Life sucks.

As for laughing at you for taking a waiter job, I would NEVER laugh. If I do that, then laugh at me for working at a department store making $5.90 and hour. I am a QUOTE "Stock Boy." your job sounds a lot more glamourous. Hang tough. You will make it. As for me and my low paying job, you do what you have to do, man. That is life. That is real. They do not teach what we are learning in college.

Answer 3

Sorry you wasted the money. And yes, a college degree is totally worthless today, considering that they're handed out to anyone with a pulse. That's not to say that you didn't earn yours, but too many are just handed a degree for only attending class. I've "literally" encountered people with a college degree who couldn't read above a 3rd grade level.

I didn't attend college. I went to work when I was 15 years old and worked my way up. Today, I own a restaurant. I'm not "loaded" with money, but I'm "comfortable". Many of my old classmates who attended college right after high school are today far below me in income. Their lives are,...well,....not what they expected them to be. I'm not gloating, I'm just pointing out the truth. The "School of Hard Knocks" is where you'll get the degree necessary to succeed today. Your best "Education" is life experience.

Good luck, and don't worry about being a waiter. Several successful people began that way. I did. And you can too. Just don't expect everything to come at once. Patience is a virtue.

Answer 4

I went to a trade school for 5 months and ex-terned at a hospital,and 4 weeks later they hired me on full time regular, meaning I have a full hospital benefit package, dental and vision. I was so worried before that I wouldn't find a job because I heard some friends who were diligent in college couldn't find one. It was never an issue. I chose wisely a career that is in demand, not some stupid pipe dream of grandeur. My job isn't exciting, but it pays twice as much as an applebee's assist manager and has way better benefits.

Answer 5

I have a degree in Liberal Arts from 1999. I ran up 80,000 in loans trying to get a teacher's license, only to fail student teaching. I substitute teach during the school year, but I find myself in a customer service training class with people young enough to be my children almost every year. (Seriously...two of my classmates were born in my Junior and Senior years of high school)

I recently learned that I'm 23 credits from a Psychology degree. I may actually pursue this for the simple reason of: Many of the positions that I've been applying for ask for Psychology, Social Services, Criminal Justice or "Other Related Field." I'm getting a little tired of explaining to everyone why Liberal Arts is "Other Related Field."

But I feel you. If anything, my education is a hindrance to my job search. I'm "overqualified" for way too many positions.

Answer 6

If you think college will help you get a job, you are mistaken.

College is an education. You go there to learn a field of study. Along the way, you learn other more educational things.

But NOTHING can replace good ol' work experience.

You are an educated person. You realize your misfortune. Your education has taught you something. Get a job now and work your way up. Eventually, your educational experience will vault you upward. Just don't expect it when you step off the podium after flipping your tassel.

Answer 7

Before I went to college, I made seven dollars an hour working as a welder. Now I work 180 days a year and make $65,000.00 annually, and I have the best health insurance available anywhere. More than that, though, I received an education, and I value that quite highly.

Answer 8

I KNOW THE FEELING!!!I have an accounting and administrative degree and am working at a video store making 5.25 an hour!!!!!

I was in banking 4 1/2 years,and it got old fast...I didnt go to school for that...but yea most places want experience...I could go get a banking job anywhere...but not an adminsitrative!!!

So,I am not laughing,I am 23 years old and in the same boat as you are my friend...

Answer 9

I went to a 4-year college and I have found that the experience of it and the people I was able to call teachers and friends for that time were amazing...the degree helps in that it seems to quell some fears about ability for particular people/professions...it supposedly shows commitment and certainly achievement if you worked hard during your college years...

That said, I have found my real-world experience just as valuable and I truly believe that college isn't for everyone...

Answer 10

It really depends what you want to do. I got my Bachelor's and it took me 4 years to find a job in my field. BUT I never would have gotten this job without a degree, even though it took forever.
Sometimes it is the magic piece of paper, no matter how meaningless it is.