I graduated from college and employers constantly offer me jobs for minimum or lower with commission. I have a wife, and a 1.5 children.
2007-07-25 11:47:19 · 8 answers · asked by Terence J 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
You are learning one of the hard lessons in life: A college degree does not equal a high paying job all the time.
Employers don't pay based on marital for familial status, they pay you on job worth and if a degree is even needed for the job.
Everyone has to start at the bottom, and work their way up, especially if you have little to no experience in the line of work.
2007-07-25 11:59:40 · answer #1 · answered by Expert8675309 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
McDonalds pays over minimum wage. Is there anything in your past? Say can you pass a criminal background check? or drug test? Im just asking questions.
Second thing I would ask yourself, what is your degree in? When I hired at a bank I had a lady come in with an MBA in English and another in History. She applied at the bank. I had no use for her and she was insulted that I offered her a basically minimum wage job. I thought I was nice to offer her that.
I think those are your only issues you have to worry about. Just because you have a 4 year degree it might be useless for the jobs you apply at.
Good luck and look around for jobs in your degree area.
*update* Good answer mary. She is right. To give you back to my example if somebody walked into my office with a GED, I might have hired them first. They would be happy but she was insulted. Know your job market.
2007-07-25 18:58:51 · answer #2 · answered by financing_loans 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why not say...
"I need some clarification regarding my salary. Considering my degree, work experience, and communication skills, I know I bring more to the table than my salary suggests. How is it, then, that I am receiving minimum wage?"
Follow that up, if possible with: "I am requesting that my salary be increased. How soon can I expect to hear back from you with an offer."
If your workplace is such that your employers are simply unreasonable, you may want to quietly begin looking for other employment (where you will be offered a salary commensurate with your degree and experience).
2007-07-25 19:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Isn't it terrible? 35k in school loans and not making any more than someone with a hs diploma. ( no offense to those with no advanced degree, it's just frustrating )..
All I can say is these days it seems more and more that it is not what you know, but who you know.
Network, network, network.... and aim high. I've found I am qualified for higher paying positions than I thought only because I was taking the ads literally and when I am shown the actual work it's really quite manageable. I feel this happens because managers are attempting to make their team look very valuable during reorganizations, and therefore they create complicated looking and seeming job descriptions. I went for one interview that looked like a complex position, and anyone who ever typed in a form to order something online could have done it.
Shoot for the stars :)
2007-07-25 19:00:29 · answer #4 · answered by NinaFromNewEngland 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bachelor's degrees are certainly not a dime a dozen. However, you may have to supplement your degree with an in-demand skill, like a second language, or with a side gig, like freelancing.
We all have to start somewhere, so if you just graduated from college, expect to put in a lot of time in your profession before you see any success. I am just getting to where I want to be in my career, working for a dream company, but it took ten years of freelancing, graveyard shifts, lost weekends, lack of sleep and little pay at other places to get to where I am now. You have to put in the time.
2007-07-25 19:13:14 · answer #5 · answered by misswrite1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You HAVE to be joking. 1.5 children is PHYSICALLY impossible. As someone else said, McDonald's can't find teenagers willing to work for minimum wage. Your DEGREE is not worth the paper is is printed on. The KNOWLEDGE you should have acquired earning the degree is the only thing about your education that matters. You are paid for what you do for the company, not for the degree.
2007-07-25 19:16:45 · answer #6 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bachelor degrees are dime a dozen
the good news is that its all about you. you just need a little more practice selling yourself.
I know lots of people who didn't get good jobs till they learned the art of the interview
don't get depressed about it, just keep working on your attitude.
2007-07-25 18:58:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
what else can you do? get another job
2007-07-25 18:50:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋