My degrees are useless and I can't get any jobs in my field

What field?

>>16674697
History

>>16674747
Maybe this was something to think about before getting your degree?

>>16674697
I went to a Liberal Arts college for my undergrad that didn't have grades
I "majored" (werent called majors but still a bachelors ) in Linguistics

>>16674751
fuck you trying to imply?

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>>16674690

>>16674751
>why study what you like, study what earns money

>>16674690
>suddenly oversaturated
What was "sudden" about it?

>>16674690
>in my field
Either forget this or it's time for graduate school. Luckily, since you have a degree, you won't be on the absolute bottom rung of ladder. You can become a retail assistant manager or something.

I'm a senior in a psychology program, so trust me when I say I sympathize.

>>16674779

>how did anon die
>suicide
>what why he had such a god life
>he made $90k a year
>some people just dont know how good they have it...

>>16674768
>>16674779

If OP wanted to get a job and make a living, he should of studied/trained/started something that brings in money

Degree does not equal job

>>16674790
I already went through graduate school
im 24 man

>>16674793
Me
I'm not saying this >>16674795
money is important ,but its not all life is about
for example I studied nursing, its combines a shit ton of factors I find appealing, it also happens to provide job security and income.

You should of studied something that is both employable and you would (at the minimum) be okay with doing for a while (not necessarily your entire life)

>>16674804
Some people are passionate and don't just go "well OK this hits my arbitrary boxes guess I'll do it for rest of my life "

>>16674832
Thats another view.
Those people are dreamers and rarely do they make it.
Your passionate does not have to equal your work.
The way I see it if you really wanted to you could work
and save money to fund your passion.

>>16674847
Tha sounds awful

>>16674799
PH.D time?

>>16674690

I'm in the same boat OP except my degree was always useless I don't know what the fuck I was thinking I hated university anyway it was the biggest waste of 4 years and now my parents and girlfriend who have always been so proud of me which I never deserved are slowly realizing how much of a failure I am and basically it's all fucked.

Want to get a trade but need to work to pay rent and no trade schools offer night courses so just fucking kill me

>>16674870
I'm already a Doctor
I'm a Doctor and can't find any jobs

>>16674870
What jobs could you even get with a PhD?

What's your total GPA? Maybe you could go into Law, Teaching, or Medicine?

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>>16674876
How the fuck are you a PhD at the age of 24?

>Graduate HS at 18
>4 year under (22)
>3 year Master (24)
>4 year PhD (28)

>>16674876
Over qualified and not enough experience.
You fell into a trap.
Try applying for lower graduate positions and argue that you don't mind be over qualified because you're a team player (or some other reason)

>>16674893
Not all Ph.D program follow that set up.
Especially the liberal arts ones.
I'm 20 and have a Bachelor's

>3 months before graduation industry crashed
>managed to get a job paying $15k less than the pre crash average where $17.5k is conditional on field time
>only have 20% of the field time, so missing out on $14k
>dodged first round of layoffs
>10% salary reduction
JFMSUF

Just finished my resume, going to try to hop industries. That or go work literally anywhere else because I'm making an equivalent of $20/hr doing a 50 hr high stress work week.

>>16674893
>>16674896

I'm not a PHD I'm an OD

>>16674893
You don't need a masters for PhD and it's very easy to graduate college early

>>16674910
Optometrist?
Any network contacts?

>>16674876
You can teach at university.

>>16674886
I'm not the OP.

>>16674919
All I do is drink alone at a bar where the guy there teaches me korean

In 2005

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I'm sorry my man. You got a useless degree.

You could still apply for medicine, law, or education.

Maybe be a professor. They usually make around 90k

>>16675200
Are you insane
It's not useless

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>>16675247
Hows it useful you fucking hippie

>>16675254
Not him, but like I said above, there are jobs that want you to have "a degree", like retail management. It's not glamorous, bit its better than being a clerk.

>>16675254
What's wrong with you ? It's a good degree
>>16675261
What?

>>16674795

>obtain millions if not billions of dollars
>realize you're still going to be 6 feet under

>life is about money ;) trust me brah

>>16675273
What didn't you get about what I said?

>>16675273

It's a shit degree by any stretch of the imagination. I'm sure you've heard your own fellow History students talk about how they'll earn a whole extra $0.25/hour at Starbucks with their degree. There's optimistic, and then there's willfully ignorant. You learned nothing from your own studies.

>>16674747
Become a high school history teacher like the rest of us History nerd failures.

>>16675526
>Male teacher
>Thinks he'll land anything but a Math class

Oh wait, you only picked a soft science because Math scares you.

Why don't you just go the public history route and work in a museum?

I'm a history major too. I graduate in May. There are jobs out there, we just have to put in a lot of effort. With this degree, it's not going to be about money or jobs.

I think you should consider going into the military or some kind of national service job if you want stability or a higher paying career.

Air Force, Army, law enforcement, whatever.

ITT the weird smart kids from school who had no skills and went to college because thats what smart people do and did some useless arts degree without goals.

I have so many friends like you who did useless degrees i have no sympathy to give.

If someone asks you to pay them for 4 years and give them a lot of your time surely you'd say why?
Did you not ask yourself what exact thing you wanted?

I have a Bachelor in Maths/physics worked at a research lab for shit money for 2 years now and im starting my masters this year while working there to get promoted upon completion.

My advice. Find any job, your degree regardless will probably help you get a promotion and earn some money. Dont expect to go into a position and make big dollars straight away.

Suck it up. Get some experience and either continue to look for your dream job or find something tolerable that you can climb the ladder in.

Best of luck but use this as a lesson next time to not be naive and really look into things before getting involved.
Also be prepared to make shit all to get what you want for a while.

No such thing as a useless degree. It's what you do with it and during it that counts. I know people who did Philosophy, the mother of all 'useless' degrees who work for the government.

>>16674779
>>16674847

Supermarkets don't accept rainbows, leprechaun magic, dreams, or whatever abstract concept is associated with your degree as payment, anon.

If you want to get a degree, at some point, you have to decide what the light at the end of the tunnel is.

It should be obvious to anyone at college that after four years, you're out and will be expected to work. It's not like it's a big surprise.

If your degree didn't provide you with relevantly employable skills, and you spent none of your time building other skills to differentiate yourself with, it's no one's fault but your own when you get out and have to choose to work for scraps in the unskilled labor market.

>>16675458
What are you talking qbout? That has nothing to do with me

>>16675753
This post is so wrong.

>>16675781
This poster is a moron

>>16674690
There are lots of positions you could do with a history degree: teaching, museums (don't just include big city museums) archaeology, anything that requires research or archiving

>>16674793
As little as 20 years ago, it did.

>>16674857
It does, and as pragmatic this truth is...I still fucking hate it.

>>16674886
>>16674876
Lie. Omit your higher degrees on your resume when applying to lower positions. There's nothing unethical about it. You're not lying about credentials you actually don't possess.

>>16675200
Not true, schools prefer adjuncts now. They can pay them much less andno no benefits. It's extremely difficult to become tenured.


>>16675753
>use this as a lesson next time to not be naive and really look into things before getting involved.
What next time? You know anyone that gets to redo 4+ years of higher ed?

>>16676845
What on earth are you talking about

>sustainable income
>m-muh passion, muh dream

Pick one

Unless you're STEM then you're gucci

>>16676866
Wrong

Anyone have any advice for a recent CRJ Bachelor Science grad with no idea what to do

>>16675531
projecting

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>>16675753
Me to a T.

I started my useless degree in 2004, so I was all optimistic in thinking that I'd get at least a somewhat decent job after I graduated. Then the recession was in full force when I graduated in 2008.

Now I'm thinking of going back for a trade. Wish I would have done this straight out of high school. I'd be WAY better off than I am now. Back when I was in high school, it was drilled into all of us to go to a 4 year university, and the trade schools were for the dumb kids. Now those guys are doing way better than us, without the debt and with a killer salary. I guess they got the last laugh.

Anyone that still goes for these useless degrees post 2008 is an even bigger moron than I was.

>>16677107
>Anyone that still goes for these useless degrees post 2008 is an even bigger moron than I was.

1. The recession is less than it was then

2. If you graduated in 2008 and took 7-8 years to realize you're screwed, I don't think you have any room to criticize someone else

3. What degree, and what experience did you gain while getting it? Don't blame the degree if you didn't do shit to make yourself stand out.

>>16677119
It definitely didn't take 7 years for me to realize that I was screwed. I knew I was fucked the moment I graduated. Eventually, I WAS able to get a job with my degree, but by no means is it lucrative. It fucking sucks, which is why I'm wanting to change careers.

>>16677239
thats a you problem, not a degree problem

Bunp

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>>16675273
I literally asked you how it's a good degree.

Would you mind providing an answer?

>>16675531
Speaking of math, the only math teaching with job openings is high level math and Physics.

>>16678037
Burden of proof on you

>>16677239

What degree you got?

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>>16678044
"I know I'm wrong"

What proof? I've already presented my proof. You want me to break the fucking universe and show you proof of jobs you can't get?

Actually, I'll do better. A list of things you can do with a history PhD

Here you fucking go, pic related.

>>16678063
I don't have a history PhD are you insane
Where are you getting this from

>>16675781
>degree didnt provide with relevantly employablke skills
writing is a very employable skill, almost no one knows how to write reports, letters, proposals these days. history degree is all about writing. most history grads who want money become lawyers OP

>>16677107
>Anyone that still goes for these useless degrees post 2008 is an even bigger moron than I was

like the people who voted for obama the second time?

>>16678103
>lawyer
No fucking way

>>16678115
well, do you have any other skills you learned yourself without your degree? like programming or some shit?

>>16678115
thats probably the best paying job you can get with that degree, i'm not sure what else is out there. maybe go to grad school for engineering or something

>>16678133
>>16678142
Why the hell would I go back to school? I just graduated I'm 24
Honestly what

>>16678149
dude youre the one complaining about being unemployable with your degree, what kind of answer do you want? go work at subway or taco bell and make your way up to assistant to the regional manager

>>16678163
Those places will not hire me

>>16678142
what 3rd world country do you live in where you can be a lawyer with just a bachelors

>>16678168
youre obviously not trying then, i see signs saying help wanted all the time posted up on the glass of bars and restaurants

but regardless, is your goal to become a menial laborer? because thats what those jobs are

>>16678171
i was just telling him that most people with that degree go to law school you idiot, because their undergrad history degree prepared them for critical thinking and analysis of literature

>>16678181
no they literally will not hire me
how about you help me
i dont want menial labor
but i cant get a job in my field for some reason

>>16678192
OP i am helping you. i am telling you to go back to grad school and get an employable degree. you cant get a job in your field because there are no jobs in your field. your field's jobs literally amount to:

A. highschool teacher
B. menial labor
C. low paying student college research job

>>16678197
That makes no sense
I'm a Doctor how in the world can that be the only thing

>>16678204
how are you a doctor? what degree do you have? i was under the impression you had only a bachelors in history. can you explain your qualifications/degrees? what country are you from? i know europe has a shorter college/grad school cycle

>>16678211
I have an OD

>>16678220
sooo, why arent you an optometrist? i'm confused. are you looking to change careers?

>>16678235
because i cant find a job ANYWHERE

>>16678239
as an optometrist?? have you tried recruiters?

>>16678277
yes
there's nothing
its hopeless
thats why all these people talking about stem or whatever are just undergrads
truth is, the economy is fucked for jobs on both sides

>>16678296
try moving closer to a big city. what about big commercial outlets that sell glasses? dont they usually have optometrists on hand to do inspections and whatnot? i would say keep trying with the recruitment agencies, and maybe be more broad with the locations you would take. (maybe the recruiters are only searching in your immediate area because you told them you didnt want to relocate?)

>>16678315
i told them I was willing to relocate
I'm nothing
I'm just depressed
I live above a bar
I just drink in my bathrobe and get. Taught korean

>>16678350
lol. how long have you been looking for work? what about your friends from optometry school? people i know from med fields took like a year to find some of their jobs

>>16678168
This is bs. Honestly these jobs don't give a shit about you or your degrees. You can fill out an application and just not put down your degree and get hired. They will not look into it to see of you actually have a degree.

Feel like this work is below you? I bet you could get a job in fast food. Over qualified is honestly not a real thing. You are by no means required to tell them about having degrees or experience. Would it help? Obviously, yes. Will they look into it if you write nothing down? No they wont. You worked to earn those titles and degrees and rightfully so have pride that you have worked hard to get them. But now you claim because of having them you cant get a job which is far from the truth. Face it, you just wont "lower" yourself to try to get these jobs.

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Guys, I've fucked up my life.

>23 yo
>nothing apart from highschool diploma
>0 motivation, 0 drive, 0 discipline
>no passions
>used to study computer science stuff, never finishes anything of that (would have to start from.scratch, basically)
>currently am in my first year of a history degree knowing that there's no future to it
>seriously considering about offing myself

I've fucked up big time.
I'm doing history right now cause it's the only subject that made me take a book outside of hs, the only thing that seemed to make me interested in.
Prior to that I studied Computer related stuff, but I finally gave up after working in a programming aprenticeship cause I hated the job so much that it made me feel even more depressed than I already was.

The only two career paths that I could enjoy in the future are nursery and physioterapy, but I don't meet the academic requirements to join any of them...
I could try to find a job for some time, but I don't see myself being a blue collar worker, someone with no school diploma working jobs without qualification for the rest of my life...

:(((

>>16678093
Stop avoiding the fucking question.

OP has a PhD in history. I said it's a worthless degree and you want to fight me over it.

What jobs can you get with a PhD in history? What, legitimate jobs, that are more than librarian and museum worker?

>>16678171
Uh, North America? Also, he's got a PhD.

>>16678220
OD??? I thought you had a fucking Doctorate in history.

How the fuck does history and optometry intertwine? No wonder you graduated at 24, there's no fucking way you'd have a PhD at 24.


I don't know, work for the government? The military?

>>16679018
I'M OP
I DON'T HAVE A PHD IN HISTORY
I have an OD
where did you people even get that from

"I have a useless degree in History"
"I already went through graduate school"
"I'm a Doctor"

Why do you think we're all telling you to teach highschool or some shit? We're all calling you fucking useless because everyone here thought you have a fucking PhD in History.

>>16679047
I never said I had one. I said I had an OD

>>16679056
When you say you finished Grad school, are a doctor, and have a degree in history, one can assume you have a PhD in history

>>16679070
Half of those people weren't me

>>16679070
to be fair OP, it's a natural assumption

Society needs welders, electricians, and engineers. Not 70 million liberal arts and psychology majors.

>>16679091
this. learn a trade OP, or just wait until you find something you really want to do

>>16679095
>>16679091
How is my degree not good for society
It's not fair I wanted to help people and I just get fucked

>>16676732
This poster is a moron

>>16679169
just get a job being an optometrist OP, i cant imagine you are having a hard time being a doctor with a degree. you arent trying hard enough. where do you live? how many agencies are you using to place you?

>>16679543
Nobody wants me
The field had gotten over saturated in the couple years I was in school
I'm fucked