@tjr-007tt
Too many employers are using internships as free labor and many college students nowadays can’t afford to work for free. The internships don’t help much in getting a position with the company as it used to.
@catherga
Stop. Businesses expect you to graduate college with 4 years of experience, 2 unpaid internships, and a major that you hate but will make you more “marketable”. Don’t blame colleges or college students for not meeting increasingly unrealistic expectations. Blame businesses for not investing in training new graduates.
@breezluize3282
Colleges/universities don't exist to give their graduates jobs. They exist to make money off of tuitions. Students are on their own when it comes to jobs and careers. Period.
@nathanielcarreon5634
Finishing college DOESNT guarantee anything.
@henryzhao4622
Colleges are for profit now. Time to regulate tuition for once . Bachelors degrees are HS degrees now. It’s not a luxury anymore
@CJinMono
Useless piece. Focusing on the lack of internships is yet another example of how the media blames individuals for systemic shortcomings. Many internships are unpaid, which means those who are from wealthy families are more likely to be able to participate, excluding poorer students. Furthermore, more and more job descriptions nowadays explicitly state that internships will not be considered as part of past experience. These "news" outlets really need to get with the times.
@benjaminsanders3073
So glad people are starting to realize that networking is the new buzz word and basically means nepotism!
@Knight-xp3to
The truth is that companies do not want to hire fresh college graduates because they are still likely to be very young and inexperienced not just for the job, but for life and work. America needs to stop telling people that going to college guarantees you a solid job. It's not the truth. Every single person I went to college with is struggling.
@jorgecruz1235
I have a masters degree and a cashier at a fast food place makes more money than me. College was a joke
@catherga
Are these internships paid? Are businesses really asking college students to support themselves while performing valuable labor for free just to be more competitive after the graduate?
@learningearning8385
People have STEM degrees (especially tech degrees) and are not getting job offers or unemployed for long periods or working fast food, warehouse, call center. Underemployment is rampant.
@Native722
Some graduates never recovered from 2008.
@Primetime94
I majored in business administration. I had to interview for internships. It was just like a job interview. After the interviews, I got letters that said they weren't interested in me. The questions were the exact same questions I got in later interviews for real jobs. One was, "What is your greatest weakness?" Another was, "What is your greatest accomplishment?" So, now you know why many students don't do internships. For years after leaving college, I was underemployed. But I taught myself various IT skills and programming. Today, I hold a job that technically requires a college degree in computer science, which I don't have, but was given the job anyway. I work with people who have master's degrees in computer science and I teach them many things every day. It's ironic given the people who interviewed me when I was in college didn't even want me to work for free for them. But now I make more than them.
@kNeeekoh
I have a B.S. and couldn't get a job paying better than $15/hr at part-time. I went to Walmart and got promoted to team lead at $19/hr, which was decent, but I hate the company. Now I'm back at a community college to become a paramedic lmao. What a waste of time.
@princesskaitlinhazelwood4703
Man this is depressing. College is a complete joke
@jon6309
I graduated in 2015. Nine years later I am an admin for a bank’s trust department. I don’t think my degree was necessary to get this job and if I could go back in time I would have never pursued a degree and just worked. My boss is a VP and she dropped out of school but then again she is a boomer and opportunities were much easier for her generation.
@DLFfitness1
Most people are chasing fantasy. The student loan program should be discontinued. A free 2 year college degree should be offered to high school graduates. Employers should pay for additional training.
@JohnSmith-nm4zd
The worst thing is working at a job that doesn't require your college degree
@UmmYeahOk
Also, how do you expect to get a job right out of college if companies literally can have a continuous flow of unpaid interns? They aren’t ever going to hire those interns.
@bjh.8036