Posted by
Tim Blessing on Saturday, March 08, 2008 7:58:30 PM
I have more education than most people, but then I have had the opportunity to get more advanced education.
A Human Resource Specialist I deal with occassionally told me that a Master Degree is good for 6 years after graduation.
If that's the case for a Master what does that say for BS/BA and Associate Degrees.
I have been out of graduate school for six years, have a variety of practical experience, and self-improvement skills. Does that mean employers won't hire someone like me? Unfortunately, employers look to hire younger people.
If you can hire two young people for the price of one older person and get twice the work then they are going to do it.
In today's work culture, it seem's its necessary to constantly upgrade your skills and yes get a higher degree or parallel degree.
Employers have no loyalty to the workers and workers have no loyalty to employers.
You can expect to have a lot of different careers in your working years.
This instability causes a lot of stress problems that cannot be corrected in the short run.
If I was politician looking for a model dealing with our problems across the board domestically I would at West Germany before 1990.
The Germans know how to balance their economic needs with their social welfare needs prior to unification.
Yes, they have had problems since then, but they know how to get the most out of their workers without sacraficing quality, profits, and without massive stress problems or so I think.