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Forbes has really put its finger on how to make America like all the countries that have been following America's entrepreneurial, ingenius lead for over a century.
One of the constant lies told during bad economic times is "there are jobs, but people aren't prepared to take them." Check the economic data. The jobs are not there. Period. Forbes and others distract from the real problem (lack of private investment in the economy) by pointing fingers at education, and it's bunk.
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My degree was Business Administration, but I wish I had majored in Accounting, which is more "trade-like", which would make it easier to get a job wherever I went. If you're an accountant or nurse or teacher or attorney or barber, you can plug in anywhere if the job market allows it. If your degree or major is general, like General Business or Marketing or Economics, it's much harder.
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>>The jobs are not there. Period
there are definitely sectors of the economy that are growing and are having trouble finding qualified applicants. the main problem is that they require a significant amount of education. and we've cut a lot of education funding.
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Peter Cohen has shown himself to be a fool.
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One of the problems is that one of the few growth sectors has been health care, which is driving the country into bankruptcy. It's not surprising that RN's can get jobs, because they are needed somewhere every hour of the day. On the other hand, there is a lawyer surplus right now, which is killing employment opportunities for recent law graduates. I also remember all those college students who slaved to learn computer science, only to remain unemployed because the H1B visa system was replacing them with low wage coders.
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mattkime wrote:
>>The jobs are not there. Period
there are definitely sectors of the economy that are growing and are having trouble finding qualified applicants. the main problem is that they require a significant amount of education. and we've cut a lot of education funding.
Quite so, mattkime. But these sectors/job pools are small, and though i don't want to dismiss the importance of
any jobs,
fixing this won't solve the unemployment crisis.
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$tevie.. I'll be brave and note that MBA is a disease, for which the only cure is experience. Those people I know that went and got MBA's after decades of actual experience found the process to be hideously annoying. Most MBA programs do not teach ANYTHING about "Management".
Most of which should involve.... Psychology. Sociology. History. Anthropology. All the things one learns about how people are motivated and manipulated and controlled and inspired...
Oh wait. Those are useless humanities !
