tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post3823986987817866226..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-32313824664876021012011-11-13T01:24:32.982-06:002011-11-13T01:24:32.982-06:00Possibly, Andy, but I know a number of young peopl...Possibly, Andy, but I know a number of young people who aren't involved in campus community because they devote plenty of time to their studies and the little 'free' time they have to a part time job so they can keep the student loans a small as possible. You blaming partying in school is just a refinement of the others who blame these young people's woes on their choice of major. You got lucky, young man. Thank your lucky stars and stop denigrating others not as fortunate as you.CJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08834418108176651212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-11127472230586860252011-11-08T20:46:02.725-06:002011-11-08T20:46:02.725-06:00This post really reminds me how lucky I am as a re...This post really reminds me how lucky I am as a recent May graduate to have an extremely good job in my field that I love doing. However, I believe that credit is due in no small part to my choice to major in Agriculture. All else equal, my classmates have been much more likely to find jobs if they majored in some aspect of the ag industry, even if that job is in the business or engineering fields. I would be interested to know your opinion on that correlation, but that is certainly not the answer to the debate about why there is such a high unemployment rate amoung recent grads.<br />Instead of the blame for not being able to find a job being focused on the choice of an ambiguous major or a lack of ambition after school, I would propose that the blame be laid on a lack of ambition DURING school. While a poor GPA is not a major detractor, I would suggest that employers are much more likely to hire someone who was involved in their campus or the community than a student that partied their way through school and only did the bare minimum. From my experience, even students who started college with every advantage but focused too much on the social aspect of college are much less likely to find a job than those who started with only enough to get them in the door but worked hard and got involved.Andynoreply@blogger.com