Recession Proof Graduate - How to get any job after college
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#2WOW. Thank you for posting. Sincerely, College Senior.
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#4WOW. Thank you for posting. Sincerely, College Senior.
You're not kidding, I've been emailing it to all of my friends
Re: Recession Proof Graduate - How to get any job after college
#5Jesus, it took 19 slides to get to the point which can be summarized in exactly one sentence:
1) Have skills
Newsflash: What we call a "job" is simply the trading of one currency (actual monetary currency) for another currency (useful work). If the work you are doing does not have some element of skill then you will not get a job. If your degree supplies some of those limited in-demand skills then you may not need more than your degree. If your degree does not then you will need to acquire useful skills in another manner. Period.
Re: Recession Proof Graduate - How to get any job after college
#6Jesus, it took 19 slides to get to the point which can be summarized in exactly one sentence: 1) Have skills Newsflash: What we call a "job" is simply the trading of one currency (actual monetary currency) for another currency (useful work). If the work you are doing does not have some element of skill then you will not get a job. If your degree supplies some of those limited in-demand skills then you may not need mo…
Agreed, but there was also a lot of insight about how career websites suck, and you're better off using your network and/or working for people on a trial basis
Re: Recession Proof Graduate - How to get any job after college
#7Jesus, it took 19 slides to get to the point which can be summarized in exactly one sentence: 1) Have skills Newsflash: What we call a "job" is simply the trading of one currency (actual monetary currency) for another currency (useful work). If the work you are doing does not have some element of skill then you will not get a job. If your degree supplies some of those limited in-demand skills then you may not need mo…
To be fair, what we call a "job" is more than the transactions of skills and currency: it's also the presumed security of constant transactions for an extended period of time.
Re: Recession Proof Graduate - How to get any job after college
#8Jesus, it took 19 slides to get to the point which can be summarized in exactly one sentence: 1) Have skills Newsflash: What we call a "job" is simply the trading of one currency (actual monetary currency) for another currency (useful work). If the work you are doing does not have some element of skill then you will not get a job. If your degree supplies some of those limited in-demand skills then you may not need mo…
I think also
2) Be passionate
3) Get your name out there(blogs)
I tried reading it, then skimmed after page 10, then really skimmed/skipped after page 15. I'm not the target audience and maybe I've heard/read it all too many times to care to read it again in 30 slides.
I really didn't care to read quote from misc bloggers with their self-named domains. Seems like the part of the post was to get his name and other bloggers names out there.
I would have preferred to find out what the author did to get himself jobs with authors, VCs, directors, etc. He never goes into details about that. I don't care about quotes and general ideas. I want the real details about exactly what he did. Maybe I skimmed/skipped too much?
Re: Recession Proof Graduate - How to get any job after college
#9Jesus, it took 19 slides to get to the point which can be summarized in exactly one sentence: 1) Have skills Newsflash: What we call a "job" is simply the trading of one currency (actual monetary currency) for another currency (useful work). If the work you are doing does not have some element of skill then you will not get a job. If your degree supplies some of those limited in-demand skills then you may not need mo…
To be fair, what we call a "job" is more than the transactions of skills and currency: it's also the presumed security of constant transactions for an extended period of time.
True, but the base requirement is still some kind of scarce skill set. If it weren't scarce it wouldn't be an economy.
Re: Recession Proof Graduate - How to get any job after college
#10I graduated in May and got a job with a startup merely because I spent my spare time building a fairly cool product built in Ruby on Rails. I would argue if you've shipped a product and can show it off, thats more valuable than having a degree from a well-known school.
But my real advice: Start a startup out of college if you've got no debt and have a good idea. It is what I'm doing right now and I'm pretty sure its the right time to take risks. At the very least you'll fail, have another product, and be even more employable than you once were.