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And what exactly is a bachelor’s degree? Is it exactly what it sounds like, a degree for being a bachelor?
Ah, should’ve checked for it’s other meanings, I no longer need an answer for this.
It’s a degree that means you took Art 101, Natural Science 102 and African Women’s History 101, plus two semesters of Volleyball – all of which have nothing to do with pre-med…
That’s an associate’s degree, moron.
This might help:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bachelor%27s+degree
its not supposed to get you a job…
a master gets you a job
Unless you’re an engineer.
I’m graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering. I have not been able to get a job.
you would need to actually apply for a position for this to work.
bs in nuke eng = job for me.
The operative word in your sentence is graduatING. That is future tense.
Um, no. “Graduating” is present tense. “will graduate” or “will be graduating” is future tense.
Welcome.
Welcome to the recession! Seriously though, mech. eng. or another hard science is still much better job-wise than a humanities degree. I would say 70-80% of my classmates (‘09 chemistry and biochemistry majors) are now working or in grad school, as compared to 50% of my history/english lit/communication major friends.
I saw some of those working English majors yesterday! They asked if I wanted Fries with that.
Sandia.gov – we are hiring mechanical engineers straight out of school. Apply online and get over paid!
I don’t think my Bachelor degree helped me get a job, either. Of course, my two Master degrees didn’t hurt.
I’m impressed this person actually hung his/her degree on the wall. I don’t even know where my BA is! Not that I’ve ever really used it…
I know, right? Mine’s rolled up in a cardboard tube somewhere, stickers still unattached…
Mine made it to a frame but never got hung up on the wall. It just sits on the floor, propped up against a bookshelf while collecting dust. Didn’t get me a job either, but I went to school for Zoology. What was I thinking?
Must be you. I don’t have a college degree and have a good job a making high five figures salary.
How old are you and what do you do for a living?
He high fives ppl?
WIN.
It’s so sad, that emploers don’t pay attention to education. In my country if you don’t have BSc you’re considered a moron, hard-working, but still a moron.
True so true.
Coulden’t get a real job w/ my first BS (Biology), hate the job I got with my second (Medical Technology).
you guys should have got a comp sci degree, i’ve had one month out of work in the 6.5 years since i graduated…
I’m going for a BS in CS myself, but I have to take a lot of mathematics courses and math sucks.
whine whine whine… n00b… how many math classes? like 4 total, right? oh, unless you cannot enroll in calc1 cuz you suck so bad.
if math is hard, you should have gone to business. because of people like you, CS degree is less and less appreciated.
in the end, like you can train a n00b, but he’ll just be a trained n00b…. you know.
wow, that was kind of totally unnecessary and mean.
Well, maybe that’s why he’s called Angry_Hamst3r: he’s both unnecessary AND mean.
A degree is only a small but very important part of the battle. You need a college degree to get a decent gig but honestly, I haven’t used a fraction of what I learned in my 3 college degrees! Real experience is what counts. I finished my Bachelors in IT just to keep my job, not advance in any way or get more money.
Flame away but I think a huge part of the problem is major Universities are run by the idiot liberals. You just don’t get the logic and reasoned classes you need to get a decent gig. … unless you want to go work in a “green” job. In that case, you go have fun doing that.
Since when does the professor’s political idology have to do with his ability to teach? I’ve had idiot profs on both sides of the spectrum. In fact, the most right-wing prof I had ranted for an entire class about computers only being invented to teach people to hate America! Figure THAT one out.
Obviously, the degree is supposed to be the foundation for one’s knowledge base, and experience becomes the rest. However, with the “recession” going on, companies are caring less and less about both education AND experience and more about who they can keep and pay the least without bringing the company down.
Lets face it folks, the Bachelor’s Degree is essentially the new High School Diploma. I happen to have a BS… and yes, it is complete bs…
I wish I could flip burgers with my degree. But alas… It doesn’t even get me that job. Sigh.
I always found it funny that Bachelor of Science is abbreviated BS. Maybe because it is BS.
my BS sits on a shelf in my closet…but it also got me into grad school (in a program with tuition waived and a decent stipend), and I’m pretty sure my PhD will get me somewhere
sorry, I’m in the mood to brag today, don’t know why
Your “bragging’ proves a point. A bachelor’s degree was only ever meant as a stopping point in the education transit system. Those that needed to work and were willing to take the menial sales and marketing jobs jumped off at Bachelor’s, while those who wanted to/could continue on did so into graduate school.
My B.Comm got me employed with no issues. Most USEFUL bachelor’s will still get you employed fairly easy: nursing, engineering, accounting, etc. Vague (but still cool, really) degrees in…arts or such, you have to have some serious drive and talent to make that work.
My BS in geology is totally useless. It got me an extra dollar per hour working in a department store…. FML
Really, Happily Employed? I have a BBA in accounting and I graduated cum laude, and I can’t find anything. I apply to anything and everything that has anything to do with accounting. I ask for interview feedback when I get rejected and get positive feedback. So, maybe you’re not right?
Bachelor’s degrees can get you a job, but they will be entry-level and not nearly as good as had you gutted it out for another yr or 2 ang received a Master’s.
I am changing careers at 33, and will be getting 2 associate’s degrees next year (Biz Mgmt and Database Mgmt) – degrees which I will be using primarily as transcripts for transferring to another college to pursue my BS in Management Info Systems and ultimately my MBA by age 38.
What really troubles me is so many of these disillusioned people who think that by attending some University-of-Phoenix-type of crappy, 2nd-rate, 2-yr online college that their associate’s degree in Criminal Justice will get them into the Las Vegas Crime Lab or maybe into the FBI. WRONG!
If you’re unemployed like me and want to take advantage of the fake recession, get as much college as u possibly can! I’m not gonna stop until they tell me there are no more classes that I can possibly take!