Tom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want To Be

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by agzg

Please apply and see if you get hired with a bachelor's degree and almost through vet school. Maybe then you'll realize what people have been saying in this whole thread.

I don't need to apply. During my rotations, my income comes through my vending machines, plus during the summer, I work at the regular vet clinic, where I've always worked.

I just think people are making up so many excuses as of "why I can't" instead of doing whatever it takes to make something happen. When my dad passed away in 2006, he and my mom had been putting money aside for me to go to vet school, so when I graduate I wouldn't have any loans to pay back. I also knew that once I started my rotations, I wasn't going to be able to work part time, so during the summer months I started saving for a vending machine, and the money I made from that one, I bought another one, and so on. I have 5 of them now. They pay all of my bills and add more income to what I already have during the summer months. I just think there's always a way to make things happen.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I don't need to apply. During my rotations, my income comes through my vending machines, plus during the summer, I work at the regular vet clinic, where I've always worked.

I just think people are making up so many excuses as of "why I can't" instead of doing whatever it takes to make something happen. When my dad passed away in 2006, he and my mom had been putting money aside for me to go to vet school, so when I graduate I wouldn't have any loans to pay back. I also knew that once I started my rotations, I wasn't going to be able to work part time, so during the summer months I started saving for a vending machine, and the money I made from that one, I bought another one, and so on. I have 5 of them now. They pay all of my bills and add more income to what I already have during the summer months. I just think there's always a way to make things happen.

That wasn't my point, but ok.

My point was that it seems easy enough to get a job at Burger King, since they have a Help Wanted sign in the window, but if you have a Bachelor's degree and apply at the beginning or even the middle of vet school, they may hire you because they know they get you for X number of years in the future. They're less likely to hire someone in your position, with a Bachelor's Degree and only a few months left of Vet school, because they won't get a return on their investment for you (in terms of training) because you'll be out the door. Same with someone who has graduated - they're quite suspect of why someone would apply to the lower-level jobs because they figure you'll quit as soon as something better comes along, and they're lose their human capital investment in you.

It's theoretically quite nice to say "oh well work in fast food or retail until something better comes along" but it becomes complex when companies like that are making hiring decisions, because they often weigh potential employees against the job responsibilities/company culture just as hard as employers for high salary positions.

Not saying it doesn't happen, just saying it's quite a bit less likely.

I was unable to get a job at Target after graduating from Grad School. I was able to get a job at Target while in Grad School. Some people luck out and get hired anyway. Short way to say what I just said.