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A Lost Generation?

Sat May 21, 2011

Grads are having a hard time finding jobs.  I am writing a paper on on the Student Debt Problem and I see more and more of this type of article. What caught my eye was that the architect student, with lots of internships to her credit, is now making furniture. Hmm I hope she took ACCT 3314 on break even and target profit. For some reason the embedded hyperlink function is not working so the link is below. 

Perhaps more amazing is that the students do not seem to be learning from their experience, to wit, a gal with degrees in French and English, now working in a video store, wants to…

She's looking at going back to graduate school to get a masters in English, hoping that when she completes the program she'll find a better job market waiting for her.

This is why I emphasize the importance of obtaining a certification in your field independent of the college degree. 

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/112754/recession-lost-generation-cnnmoney;_ylt=AlUNySLr6IA8giBT3jp9TNBO7sMF;_ylu=X3oDMTE5M3N2a3FmBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN3ZWVrZW5kRWRpdGlvbgRzbGsDdGhlcmVjZXNzaW9u

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2 responses to “A Lost Generation?”

  1. Julie Boatman Avatar
    Julie Boatman

    Hello Dr. Elam, While reading this article I smiled because I came on your site to ask for a reference to Grad School. 🙂 I’ll send you an email. Julie Boatman (I was in your class for Intermediate Accounting I and other courses at UNT Dallas Campus)

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  2. Adam Dupnik Avatar
    Adam Dupnik

    Luckily I was with a bank for 6 years prior to graduating. This gave me an opportunity upon graduation to promote to a job in our credit department. Now that I have been in Houston and settled in over the past 7 months I will be starting my MBA in the Fall.

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