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Jeez - this is scarey. employment situation

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    Jeez - this is scarey. employment situation

    wow. I think I may have gotten complacement. wrapped up in a high skill IT cocoon or something.

    This really worried me tonight.


    The missus works for a Manchester based care company.

    they recently got a few new clients in Liverpool, with severe medical needs. The missus has been tasked with hiring a dozen carers, at £7.40 an hour to work shifts to provide basic care

    she came home with a suitcase full of application forms, and 80% of them have degrees


    come out of uni, 7k debt and have to fight like a wolf to get a 7.40 and hour shift based job ????


    holy fckng hell


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    #2
    They have a degree in what exactly?

    Let's have a guess ......

    12% Media & Television

    8% Forensic science (that CSI has a lot to answer for there)

    20% Art History

    The remaining 60% .... some other pointless cack that no-one wants but the University failed to mention this whilst cashing the tuition cheque.

    Call me a cynic if you will.

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      #3
      Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
      wow. I think I may have gotten complacement. wrapped up in a high skill IT cocoon or something.

      This really worried me tonight.


      The missus works for a Manchester based care company.

      they recently got a few new clients in Liverpool, with severe medical needs. The missus has been tasked with hiring a dozen carers, at £7.40 an hour to work shifts to provide basic care

      she came home with a suitcase full of application forms, and 80% of them have degrees


      come out of uni, 7k debt and have to fight like a wolf to get a 7.40 and hour shift based job ????


      holy fckng hell


      7K debt? What planet's that on? Fees now around 8K a year on average, plus 'maintenance loan' of around 3K. Chuck in another 5K per year for accommodation, and it's easily 50K for 3 years.

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        #4
        Originally posted by bless 'em all View Post
        They have a degree in what exactly?

        Let's have a guess ......

        12% Media & Television

        8% Forensic science (that CSI has a lot to answer for there)

        20% Art History

        The remaining 60% .... some other pointless cack that no-one wants but the University failed to mention this whilst cashing the tuition cheque.

        Call me a cynic if you will.
        only 8% forensic science. The last time I looked (earlier this year) we had more graduates yearly than are employed nationwide.

        And one of my second cousins is doing that degree. She's the first from that side of the family to go to Uni and once she graduates probably the last.
        merely at clientco for the entertainment

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          #5
          Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
          7K debt? What planet's that on? Fees now around 8K a year on average, plus 'maintenance loan' of around 3K. Chuck in another 5K per year for accommodation, and it's easily 50K for 3 years.
          Those paying that amount won't have graduated yet, that price has only just started.

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            #6
            They probably shouldn't have gone to uni then.

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              #7
              Originally posted by bless 'em all View Post
              They have a degree in what exactly?


              20% Art History
              In defence of Art History

              On my last module with the OU. Have been surprised how much it has taught me - not just about art history as such, but analysing sources, presenting arguments, evaluating evidence etc.

              Never kidded myself that it would be any use, but actually has been a hell of a lot more use and more academically rigourous than I could have imagined.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Robinho View Post
                They probably shouldn't have gone to uni then.
                They wouldn't have done prior to Labour deciding that 50% going to university was a great way of delaying the youth unemployment issue.
                merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                  #9
                  I read a piece about Guy Martin, the bike racer. He reckons the government is unhealthily obsessed with sending kids to university. I totally agree.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by eek View Post
                    They wouldn't have done prior to Labour deciding that 50% going to university was a great way of delaying the youth unemployment issue.
                    The youth unemployment issue they created with the minimum wage.

                    Labour: fighting short term populist decisions with short term populist decisions.

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