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Late 40s, highly skilled, trans, unemployed for 2+ years.

I've been down to the final candidate selection a few times now and still haven't been selected yet.

I've hired plenty of people. In general, final candidates are usually all fully capable of doing the job they're applying for. In the end, the hiring manager just gets to pick the one they want to work with most.

I feel like when hiring managers look at me, all they see are problems and risks. Time consuming HR meetings, extra effort making sure people use the right pronouns, judgements from executive leaders who might see a middle manager not doing a good job at leaning into where the winds are headed.

I wonder, even if I spend 3 more years on a secondary degree, whether I'll find myself right back in same situation (talented and surrounded by cowards unwilling to hire me), but now with $200k in new student loan debt.

I'm fucking stuck in this economic pit.

Oregon Trail Sub-Generation. Always the God Damned Guinea Pigs.

I'm tired, Boss.

when facing unemployment, the LAST thing I want to do is burn a shitload of money on the absolute fucking racket that is higher education in the USA.

Unless it's for something like HVAC or plumbing or nursing where there's never not a constant need, anyways

I have 7 years of oncological research experience with teaching/consulting. 2 years as the sole animal manager at a nonprofit with therapy animals. I can’t find a fucking job. It’s insane. Either I’m overqualified, or I’m lacking some niche experience.

We don’t need any more MBAs.

Grad school wreeeecked my finances. I went into it knowing that if it didn’t pass my boards I’d be ruined. And in the US all that takes is one medical issue practically. I just paid everything off at 38. Still renting 🥲

I think the best evidence of this, and an accurate predictor of economic recession, is the number of people taking the LSAT.

According to LSAC, the number of test takers is up 19% this year, and applications are up 44.5% over the 4-year average.

The number of legal jobs only increases by ~1% each year.

Sounds like a good way to still not be able to find a job but also have a whole bunch of extra debt

resorting to going to school instead of looking for work

I think they looked for work before considering more debt.

i did at 38, lost wages and savings for a while, starting now with 2.2x salary, should get all back and more as long as I don't die before age 50

Everyone: Learn how to code!

Corporate Masters: Who needs coders? We have AI.

This article seems to be exclusively about masters degrees or people going back to school for a second degree in a new field, but what I'm curious about is if there's been a similar spike in people going for their first degree. I'm trying to figure out how much of this is people trying to land a job in a recession and how much of it is people trying to make themselves appealing from an immigration perspective. There's definitely a lot of people who feel like getting out of the country is a nonstarter simply because countries only want the kind of labor that comes from obtaining a degree in a field.

Discovering new paths and education is good. We should not look down at this, but encourage reschooling at 30, 40, 50 or any age. Most skills are out of date within 5 years of leaving school. Having said that, you can reup or relearn stuff in a year or two, or even six months.

They’re helping me the unemployment rate by giving up. Such patriotic Americans

Getting a degree? But that’s what started the problem in the first place!

Where's the leisure society? We have all the resources we need, all the energy we need, and simply put, there just isn't all that much that needs doing that can keep everyone busy.

I like wondering and I just had the idea that I might enjoy welding because it seems like big soldering.

Would I like welding?

but currently degrees, have very poor job prospects, outside of things like health and not an Med school or vet school. so they are in a lose lose situation. bio not biotech, only bio with health is feasible.

Who can afford that?!

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