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Sep 15, 2014, 01:55 PM
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Desert Kitty hates titles
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Originally Posted by zinco14532323
I am not familiar with other countries but I can tell you that in the United States there are similar problems. Many people get University degrees in things other than science and engineering only to find out there are no jobs in that field. They end up working at very low paying jobs that have nothing to do with their degree even though they are highly educated. Also the cost of even public universities is very high. Most people have to take out lots of student loans to graduate and have enormous debt when they are done.
Many foreign students do come here on student visas to get degrees but I have no idea how they afford it. I assume they come from wealthy families but I do not know. There maybe programs that help them pay for it. I know there are some programs for the medical field that if you work a certain number of years in an inner city or a rural area after you are done with college part of it is paid for.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
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All true......There's people with degrees whose education is wasted because there are not enough jobs to go around.
Also, many employers discriminate against the unemployed, as they are lazy and it's their fault for not finding work. If they were truly lazy, why would they apply for that stupid job in the first place?
Also, I want to point out there is little job security here in the U.S. Not all, but many companies think of employees as trash: Something you dispose of now & then.
Working really hard and being loyal doesn't mean what it used to. The middle class and middle level jobs have practically disappeared. They are either high paying or low paying. And unlike in Europe, paid vacation and sick days are not mandatory.
They put you through the meat grinder in the application process, only for a low paying job usually with little or no benefits. And no job security. Very demanding than ever now, because they know they can get away with it. Too many people and not enough work for everyone.
Sorry if I sound bitter, but I have strong feelings about this. It has happened close to home, to people dear to me. Working hard just got them laid off. One would have been homeless, if he didn't have a relative to go live with. 15 years working his *** off for that company, and this is what he gets.
Also, some cities in the U.S. are way more expensive to live in than others, yet the jobs there don't pay enough for you to rent a house or apartment.
  
This country is in the toilet.  I think the unemployed need a movement, like the Civil Rights movement, to make the country/employers wake up and see that lost productivity. And money not circulating from these people when it could be.
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