teach me how to get a job

[Fayd]

i seem to be a complete moron WRT how to get a job.

i have a BA in econ (okay, not the most marketable of things) but the only things i can find for econ majors are jobs that start at a max of 30k a year, and demand something like 2 years of accounting? wtf is that shit. like hell i have 2 years of accounting, and like hell a person with 2 years of accounting exp is gonna work for 30k a year. (fwiw, my degree didnt have any acctng. i have some experience with acctng, tho, because i took prebiz before switching to econ. however.... i dont have enough that it's marketable.)

my experience is rather limited(obviously... i have about 1 year of experience as an intern at an energy efficiency company, where i did everything from IT work to accounting. but it's not enough of anything to say i have relevant experience in anything.)

is there somewhere specific i should be looking? (i'm checking my school's website, careerbuilder.com, and some other similar places.)

is there someone specific i should be talking to? a career counselor? is there such a thing?

 

[Farang]

If you are having trouble finding a specific career path look into being a purchaser/buyer. Econ friend had his sights set on that from graduation, no internships, two years later making $50k.

 

[jinduy]

right now is not a good time to be job hunting unfortunately...

tons of layoffs means tons of experienced people out on the job market that you're competing with

you can try posting your resume on atot (scramble your personal info if you want) and get some advice

 

[her209]

Get a job as a mail boy and work your way up to CEO FTW!!!!1

 

[UncleWai]

Tell me about it, I've been sitting on my ass for 3 months now in this market with a Econ degree.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
Tell me about it, I've been sitting on my ass for 3 months now in this market with a Econ degree.

Heh. Good luck. People w/ econ degrees got us into this mess so you're not entirely trusted right now

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

isn't the national average something like $33k anyway? take what you can get, eat ramen, get experience, switch jobs 2-3 times before you're 30, profit.

 

[BHeemsoth]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

Geeze louise....$30k starting? I scoffed at offers twice that while graduating with a B.S. last year.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: BHeemsoth

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

Geeze louise....$30k starting? I scoffed at offers twice that while graduating with a B.S. last year.

a BS in what?

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: BHeemsoth

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

Geeze louise....$30k starting? I scoffed at offers twice that while graduating with a B.S. last year.

a BS in what?

counterfeiting

 

[dbk]

you could go back to school? join the military?

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

no, it really isnt.

 

[BHeemsoth]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: BHeemsoth

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

Geeze louise....$30k starting? I scoffed at offers twice that while graduating with a B.S. last year.

a BS in what?

Computer Information Systems. It's a business/CS hybrid, like MIS.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: UncleWai
Tell me about it, I've been sitting on my ass for 3 months now in this market with a Econ degree.

Heh. Good luck. People w/ econ degrees got us into this mess so you're not entirely trusted right now

no, people that idiots voted for got us into this mess.

people with econ degrees are telling everyone to quit bitching, and go about business as usual.

 

[Mide]

Yeah anything with benefits is better than unemployment.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

no, it really isnt.

Reasonable or beats being unemployed? I think a lot of people especially politicians forget how the 80% of the population that doesn't live on the coasts live.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

isn't the national average something like $33k anyway? take what you can get, eat ramen, get experience, switch jobs 2-3 times before you're 30, profit.

The cost of living where you live factors in here tremendously. The same house can cost $110,000 in one area that costs $700,000 in another. Well that was before the pop of the housing bubble so divide by 2.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

isn't the national average something like $33k anyway? take what you can get, eat ramen, get experience, switch jobs 2-3 times before you're 30, profit.

The cost of living where you live factors in here tremendously. The same house can cost $110,000 in one area that costs $700,000 in another. Well that was before the pop of the housing bubble so divide by 2.

housing bubble hasn't popped that hard here. the house i'm living in (parents) went from 380k when they bought it, to little over a mil. now it's still around a mil.

anyways, i live in san diego CA, but i'd be willing to relocate pretty much anywhere. anything over 45k = time to move!


fucking hell... if i had realized job market would be like this, i would have said fuck econ, transferred schools and gotten a BS in eng. any kind of eng.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Give me a break. $30 k is reasonable for an entry level position that requires two years of accounting. Sorry if you live on either coast but, it beats being unemployed.

no, it really isnt.

Reasonable or beats being unemployed? I think a lot of people especially politicians forget how the 80% of the population that doesn't live on the coasts live.

30k for 2 years of acctng experience with a 4 year degree is entirely unreasonable. in fact, that's pretty much pissing on new hires.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

That sucks. San Diego is hugely expensive to live in. The job market does suck and the entire nation is getting a wake up call as to the value of a bachelors degree in most fields. I know a lot of ATOT members have stories of success right out of school but, the truth is they are in the vast minority.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Fayd
30k for 2 years of acctng experience with a 4 year degree is entirely unreasonable. in fact, that's pretty much pissing on new hires.

Yet, you can't find a job. What kind of job were you expecting with a economics degree? Any experience? Do any internships? Any other relevant business experience?

fwiw - I was a finance major but minored in economics and history but also took plenty of accounting classes. I knew both economics and accounting would help me in my major but also career.

 

[Fayd]

i always find it funny that america wants to send more kids to college. americans are over-educated as it is.

 

[JMapleton]

Originally posted by: Fayd
i always find it funny that america wants to send more kids to college. americans are over-educated as it is.

Not true, it's that most college educated people are actually undereducated in the fields that matter.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: Fayd
30k for 2 years of acctng experience with a 4 year degree is entirely unreasonable. in fact, that's pretty much pissing on new hires.

Yet, you can't find a job. What kind of job were you expecting with a economics degree? Any experience? Do any internships? Any other relevant business experience?

fwiw - I was a finance major but minored in economics and history but also took plenty of accounting classes. I knew both economics and accounting would help me in my major but also career.

i dunno what i was expecting. i really couldnt care less where i work, for what industry.

perhaps it's my lack of focus that has screwed me.