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KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
15. I know he was a psych major at one point but not sure if he finished in Psych or something else.
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 03:44 PM
Jan 2013

He is empathetic AND logical so might make a good therapist (but I believe that is psychiatry, not psychology, and grad or Phd).

Are the kids trying to stay close to home? randome Jan 2013 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jan 2013 #2
Landing a job in a different state is next to impossible. sagat Jan 2013 #7
why should people move away from their famlies and friends? CreekDog Jan 2013 #8
Your right. I guess I grew up in a different time. My sister and I moved out around 19. southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #30
So... every area needs every industry and profession? No mismatch between need and supply? dmallind Jan 2013 #35
The Better Opportunities May Be Overseas Yavin4 Jan 2013 #56
Or, go overseas and teach English Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #71
Korea pays a lot better to start Dems2002 Jan 2013 #100
Yes, Korea is "hot" right now, sort of like Japan was thirty and forty years ago Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #112
I'm pretty sure that the starting wage in Japan is higher Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #129
Japan doesn't usually pay all housing costs Dems2002 Jan 2013 #131
In the past, at least, people who were invited to teach English in Japan Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #132
Actually no it's not davidpdx Jan 2013 #135
Not in Korea, the economy here is struggling davidpdx Jan 2013 #134
The older one was living and working 300 miles away, KurtNYC Jan 2013 #10
So where should they go? treestar Jan 2013 #140
I know a mother with 2 "kids" who finished grad school - big debt and neither work Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #3
Depending on where the grad lives, today grads find themselves having to relocate to where the jobs JaneyVee Jan 2013 #4
What kind of degrees are we talking about? Just curious. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #5
I'm wondering that too Victor_c3 Jan 2013 #12
Why do you even go there? abelenkpe Jan 2013 #22
uneducated people usually throw the "what type of degree" canard out there datasuspect Jan 2013 #28
Do they really....? LanternWaste Jan 2013 #43
translation: sweetapogee Jan 2013 #76
The problem tends to come up when students pursue degrees without any analysis of job opportunities. Xithras Jan 2013 #41
That is good advice! abelenkpe Jan 2013 #49
You are absolutely correct. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #146
I agree with most of what you said Victor_c3 Jan 2013 #47
Awwwww, you're a good parent! abelenkpe Jan 2013 #53
I will, but my daughter is a little young at the moment Victor_c3 Jan 2013 #88
Wrong marions ghost Jan 2013 #65
Guess I and my husband and all my friends and co workers are just very lucky then abelenkpe Jan 2013 #84
yes you are lucky marions ghost Jan 2013 #152
Any person pursuing a major in the arts these days stopbush Jan 2013 #85
That is about the only way to go other than teaching marions ghost Jan 2013 #150
I've moved from being a performing musician to arts administration stopbush Jan 2013 #155
Thanks for that - I'm getting a Master's in social work. I also live in an area where there are many Michigan Alum Jan 2013 #118
This world will need social workers marions ghost Jan 2013 #151
Thank you theglammistress Jan 2013 #109
It is a matter of barriers to entry Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2013 #127
Choice of a Major may also indicate whether a person is a risk taker / Life-liver KurtNYC Jan 2013 #68
I know he was a psych major at one point but not sure if he finished in Psych or something else. KurtNYC Jan 2013 #15
Psychology isn't a great choice according to this list. 5 of the jobs with sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #26
I know he did a concentration in Anime and Japanese studies also KurtNYC Jan 2013 #31
Interesting! "4. Library science 15.0% " IME, it's been hard to get a job in that field for about raccoon Jan 2013 #48
What is this "library" thing you speak of? 1983law Jan 2013 #123
And we wonder why this country experiences massacres like Newtown. - n/t coalition_unwilling Jan 2013 #61
psychology degree shanti Jan 2013 #96
I don't understand that liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #113
There's a shortage of psychiatrists (who are M.D.'s and can prescribe meds) but not psychologists. Michigan Alum Jan 2013 #121
You can't do much with a bachelors in Psychology anyway. dkf Jan 2013 #52
Applied Behavior Analysis is a nice skill set these days aikoaiko Jan 2013 #54
yes it is liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #117
I hope your son continues to make progress. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #122
I am frustrated with the whole thing but he has continued to make progress liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #124
I didn't get a real job till 38, turned out okay splat Jan 2013 #6
restaurant workers suffer under the stereotype that their job isn't "real". Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #17
Retail management... Agschmid Jan 2013 #106
Well, executives need glass bottom nooks overlooking LED wine cellars. HughBeaumont Jan 2013 #9
omg Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #18
They did see it coming...that's why Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #60
+1 ellisonz Jan 2013 #153
Getting a job quickly is major related...what were their majors? tia uponit7771 Jan 2013 #11
My oldest is back. I had to tell him straight to his face this is NOT his fault. Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #13
I know the feeling. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #19
We stronger together than if we are separate Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #23
My daughter will graduate and then move back in this April. quaker bill Jan 2013 #14
Yes it is that bad abelenkpe Jan 2013 #16
I feel like if the only jobs left are MRI technician, electrician KurtNYC Jan 2013 #20
So true abelenkpe Jan 2013 #27
Part of what made the 1950s a boom for the USA was the devastation of europe KurtNYC Jan 2013 #37
I'd say it has more to do with the rise of modular container cargo shipping. Sirveri Jan 2013 #142
You can forget electrician. Sonny Nay is a 5-yr union electrician, and has been out of that work Nay Jan 2013 #136
All of the trades require construction growth... ellisonz Jan 2013 #154
It's pretty darn bad. Lugnut Jan 2013 #21
Meh. Write a book and learn to play music...most "real jobs" these days treat you like shit. RadiationTherapy Jan 2013 #24
The paradox of capitalism bongbong Jan 2013 #25
that doesn't explain how communism imploded first KurtNYC Jan 2013 #29
Really? bongbong Jan 2013 #34
ink jet printers, ipods with no option for battery replacement, KurtNYC Jan 2013 #46
Well..... bongbong Jan 2013 #93
Communism/Socialism and Capitalism Shankapotomus Jan 2013 #138
It's always the wrong time to be born in some fashion or other. randome Jan 2013 #32
True bongbong Jan 2013 #38
Great words of wisdom from you. bluestate10 Jan 2013 #44
I don't disagree with your sentiments bongbong Jan 2013 #94
Welcome to the global economy eh? It was always a race to the bottom for the world.. workinclasszero Jan 2013 #92
RENTS are high enough that newly minted, work-for-next-to-nothing grads pnwmom Jan 2013 #33
My 25 yr. old is still at home, as is my 20 yr old - lynne Jan 2013 #36
The major is the key ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #39
The next time you or any one reading this OP or responding to it buy something, think bluestate10 Jan 2013 #40
I wish it was that easy KurtNYC Jan 2013 #51
It is that easy. The problem is just what you have shown, excuse making and a lack of will. nt bluestate10 Jan 2013 #59
Why the Blame Game? marions ghost Jan 2013 #70
In your first post the problem was outsourcing manufacturing jobs, now you say KurtNYC Jan 2013 #74
I guess a large part of it is that people aren't picking useful majors. Initech Jan 2013 #42
That is a minor part of the problem. The larger problem is a lack of imagination. bluestate10 Jan 2013 #58
not everyone is cut out to be an engineer tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #69
Yep. Most students need a strong foundation in math / science well before college for engineering Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #89
they also have to want to study math/science tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #141
No, it's that companies that used to hire liberal arts majors (until the early 1980s) Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #72
True there's always that. Initech Jan 2013 #73
Coming from the other end - the refrain I keep hearing is - hedgehog Jan 2013 #45
I know people in their 60s and older who keep working because their 401ks took a hit Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #55
Lots of that out there. I have heard similar from doctors, farmers and KurtNYC Jan 2013 #78
I hear a lot of the older machinists saying the same thing. Sirveri Jan 2013 #143
It could be worse. stumpremover462 Jan 2013 #50
An adult is still their parents responsibility? LisaL Jan 2013 #57
When one of them dies. Responsibility gets redefined at each age, circumstance and passage of life. libdem4life Jan 2013 #67
Why? stumpremover462 Jan 2013 #101
This message was self-deleted by its author stumpremover462 Jan 2013 #102
No 25-year-old is a "child" -- Offspring yes, child no. KurtNYC Jan 2013 #80
It's actually stretching into the 30s now...and it's delaying marriage and family davidn3600 Jan 2013 #62
Trades HockeyMom Jan 2013 #63
+1 Good and (mostly) honest professions that got eclipsed years ago by high tech buzz KurtNYC Jan 2013 #82
And some mouth breathing moron made millions off of Fifty Shades of Grey joeglow3 Jan 2013 #64
Most of my friends were forced to relocate after college ecstatic Jan 2013 #66
And don't let your major define your work Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #75
I earned both BA and MA in History, but worked 32 years as a painter. Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #130
What about grad school? ananda Jan 2013 #77
Looks like a great racket to me Warpy Jan 2013 #79
I come from a culture where living in an extended family isn't a bad thing--in fact, it's pretty MADem Jan 2013 #81
Ha! I know people in their 50s who are living with their kids because the parents got laid off. yardwork Jan 2013 #83
sad and pathetic to hear some of these responses Kingwithnothrone Jan 2013 #86
This message was self-deleted by its author fujiyama Jan 2013 #104
Exactly my thoughts. blueclown Jan 2013 #114
Yes! We're moving back to intergenerational living and that, in and of itself, pnwmom Jan 2013 #108
because they are helpless needreallibs Jan 2013 #87
Just so you know... bluesbassman Jan 2013 #90
+1 Thanks for that. Agschmid Jan 2013 #125
Don't mistake lack of experience for helplessness magellan Jan 2013 #95
OK That Just Made Me LAUGH SO FUCKING HARD! HangOnKids Jan 2013 #115
Oh snap. n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #126
you should hire one as a proofreader, and not just for typos. eom yawnmaster Jan 2013 #105
If you were really a hiring manager, you wouldn't be making your post in teenage texting lingo. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #110
Ah, yes. Here we have a 'manager' who can't spell and uses textspeak, complaining about Nay Jan 2013 #137
It's about 50/50 in my experience madville Jan 2013 #147
Are you friends with my mom? RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #91
It sucks walking out of your commencement ceremony into a bad recession. That happened to me. slackmaster Jan 2013 #97
my daughter is about to enter college and I wouldn't have it any other way liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #98
This is correct mythology Jan 2013 #119
Tell him to run, don't walk to Dave's ESL Cafe for a true adventure Dems2002 Jan 2013 #99
I'm putting that on my list KurtNYC Jan 2013 #103
Happy to help Dems2002 Jan 2013 #116
We need to start being realistic in this country and redefine "success". fujiyama Jan 2013 #107
That's also an important point that should be made davidn3600 Jan 2013 #111
well said liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #120
Businesses are low balling the starting salaries and increasing the minimum work experience. peace13 Jan 2013 #128
Sorry. I graduated during the Reality Bites era and with far less supportive parents. Iris Jan 2013 #133
I think it's great that parents allow adult children to come back to the homeplace when they raccoon Jan 2013 #139
At the rate the housing crash is going my mother will be moving in with me. Sirveri Jan 2013 #144
My experience and opinions WilmywoodNCparalegal Jan 2013 #145
"don't be afraid of learning something all the time" liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #148
Yes, there is nothing to prevent a person from reading on their own Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #149
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