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hoops23

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Mar 6, 2012 1:33 AM
SportsAndLady;1106590 wrote:Which job is that?
Your mom.

BAM!
Mar 6, 2012 1:33am
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SportsAndLady

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Mar 6, 2012 1:37 AM
hoops23;1106591 wrote:Your mom.

BAM!
U son of a bitch
Mar 6, 2012 1:37am
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Mar 6, 2012 5:16 AM
BS in organizational communications with minors in business and public administration. Found a job in sales/marketing within 3 months of graduation during the previous "worst economy since the Great Depression" in 1983. The pay was average but I moved into managment within a few years and things got better. I've been with the same company for 28 years. Despite the company being sold and moved to 2 different locations in that time frame, I still enjoy it. In today's rapidly changing economy coupled with constantly changing technologies, you need to be willing to go with the flow.
Mar 6, 2012 5:16am
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Mar 6, 2012 6:58 AM
september63;1106315 wrote:1987. Why?

Sister just graduated from there a few years ago in a sports related major.
Mar 6, 2012 6:58am
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Mar 6, 2012 8:43 AM
hoops23;1106591 wrote:Your mom.

BAM!
/steel valley football'd

/3rd grader'd
Mar 6, 2012 8:43am
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martyirish

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Mar 6, 2012 9:31 AM
B.S. in Electronic Engineering and I already was in the job(hired as a co-op) and my pay went up a great deal from what I was doing before going back to school
Mar 6, 2012 9:31am
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Mar 6, 2012 10:44 AM
Quint;1106248 wrote:I have a B.S. in civil engineering and a law degree. Yes, they both helped me get an immediate job coming out of college. The economy is absolute crap right now for lawyers, so I had to be creative.
+1. I know I've harped on this a million times before, but seriously, if anyone reading this thread is thinking about law school, don't go. If you still think you want to go, send me a PM and let me talk you out of making the worst decision of your life.
Mar 6, 2012 10:44am
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Mar 6, 2012 11:45 AM
martyirish;1106703 wrote:B.S. in Electronic Engineering and I already was in the job(hired as a co-op) and my pay went up a great deal from what I was doing before going back to school
BA in movie criticism on the side right?
Mar 6, 2012 11:45am
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Heretic

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Mar 6, 2012 11:51 AM
SportsAndLady;1106868 wrote:BA in movie criticism on the side right?
Just a BA? Ph-motherfuckin'-D all the way!
Mar 6, 2012 11:51am
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Mar 6, 2012 11:52 AM
Kent State - Technology. Yes and Yes
Mar 6, 2012 11:52am
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Mar 6, 2012 2:47 PM
dwccrew;1106566 wrote:Good luck man, I have heard from many of my friends that are teachers that it is not easy right now to land a teaching gig.
I would like to say the same thing...but if you look at any state's Department of Education job board, then the jobs are there.

The problem is, these teachers want a job that is in the area that they want to live in. Most of the time, it seems, they don't want to relocate to find that job that pays them. My wife is a prospective teacher, as well, and we know that it'll be hard trying to find that job where we want to live -- especially if it is based around moving for my job. It's going to be interesting in 8-9 months when I am on the job search again to see what happens. Hopefully one [or both] of us can land a job and life will be much easier.
Mar 6, 2012 2:47pm
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jmog

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Mar 6, 2012 3:21 PM
BS in Chemical Engineering
BS in Applied Math
MS in Chemical Engineering

Yes and yes... had a jub 5 months before I graduated and it paid very well.

You can't go wrong with engineering if you can hack the coursework.

In 2010 when the unemployment rate hit 9.6%, unemployment for engineers was at 0.4%.

You will always have a job as an engineer if you want one and you aren't a douche.

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/01/11/whats-the-unemployment-rate-for-your-profession/
Mar 6, 2012 3:21pm
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Mar 6, 2012 5:38 PM
SportsAndLady;1106590 wrote:Which job is that?
Marketing for a place called Prolanthropy. They put on philanthropy events and manage foundations for pro athletes. A nice way to get into sports related industry without starting out in sales and cold calling every single day.
Mar 6, 2012 5:38pm
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Mar 7, 2012 12:31 AM
Currently a college student but may drop out cause I've also got a union job that in 5-6 years will shoot up to around $70k a year:thumbup:
Mar 7, 2012 12:31am
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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Mar 7, 2012 6:26 AM
BS in Electrical Engineering

Got my job 4 months before I graduated. Haven't been unemployed in the 8 years.
Mar 7, 2012 6:26am
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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Mar 7, 2012 6:27 AM
Classyposter58;1107700 wrote:Currently a college student but may drop out cause I've also got a union job that will probably be in China in 5-6 years
fify
Mar 7, 2012 6:27am
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Mar 7, 2012 8:06 AM
OSH;1107133 wrote:I would like to say the same thing...but if you look at any state's Department of Education job board, then the jobs are there.

The problem is, these teachers want a job that is in the area that they want to live in. Most of the time, it seems, they don't want to relocate to find that job that pays them. My wife is a prospective teacher, as well, and we know that it'll be hard trying to find that job where we want to live -- especially if it is based around moving for my job. It's going to be interesting in 8-9 months when I am on the job search again to see what happens. Hopefully one [or both] of us can land a job and life will be much easier.
very true...unless you have like a social studies degree or something similar, those can be difficult to get a job
Mar 7, 2012 8:06am
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martyirish

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Mar 7, 2012 1:00 PM
SportsAndLady;1106868 wrote:BA in movie criticism on the side right?
damn straight
PHD?
Pilled Higher and Deeper right
Mar 7, 2012 1:00pm