Powwop wrote:
jojobo wrote:There are many college grads that cannot find work. Many others that have found work but settled for very little. People who have an average or above average salary are more likely to openly speak about it, causing the perceived average to be skewed. $50k is considered good in most of the US and even decent in many cities.
SPOT ON! critical thinking realist. I like your style. It's the truth though most people who boast are doing pretty well or fabricating their salaries to troll, the rest of the majority are just trying to get by.
This is accurate, but is also emblematic of a deeper trend. All the internet has done is create a system where people want to completely avoid interacting directly with strangers. So, they are content to just sit behind their computers and submit resumes.
Once upon a time, you had to pound the pavement to find a job. However, companies will no longer allow you to walk in and submit a resume. You have to go through their application software. The key is now either (1) knowing someone on the inside who can pick out your application and go to bat for you, or (2) meeting someone before a job is even posted.
It is a lot easier to know people inside, but it requires you to actually put in work to meet people and build meaningful relationships. Therefore, if you (1) have terrible interpersonal skills (which is more common in today's social media age), (2) are not a good person (i.e., act entitled or lazy), or (3) are not creative and can only directly follow rules or instructions handed to you, you will have a hard time getting a job.
Not all, but many, of the employment woes can be solved by teaching people from an early age how to build and cultivate meaningful relationships. Unfortunately, lazy teachers and parents would rather just teach kids to follow rules, keep their mouths shut, and not take control of their own destiny.