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| 2013-09-09 |
| A discussion of problems Canadians are having in getting people employed. And some measures being discussed to remedy the problem From TFA: There has been some structural movement to try to shrink the gap between available and in-demand skills among university grads. Ontario, for example, will soon halve the number of students accepted into teachers college programs and double the amount of time it takes to complete the degree. The University of Alberta announced last month that it will be closing 20 of its arts programs. And the University of Ottawa and Mount Royal University in Calgary recently said they will suspend admissions to their journalism programs. These changes may nominally affect the numbers of grads serving you your morning latte. But it wonÂ’t give the post-secondary system the shakeup it needs. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #11 job market is in the toilet Don't know what you have been searching for in the way of employment, but out here north of Seattlestan, we have a dearth of engineers and program managers for our little ol' aerospace company. Boeing is sucking them all away, but if you are fresh out of school, this would be a place to get some 'sperience. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2013-09-09 21:24 |
| #10 Shipman: Your insights undoubtedly serve you well..... Some call me the gangster of love..... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-09-09 20:10 |
| #9 :) Phester wants to buy their dad a model HelioCopter of Doom, he's just that way. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-09-09 16:03 |
| #8 Uncle Phester, you know the grand kids better than I of course and I don't know what majors they have, but the job market is in the toilet and the kids got jobs. That is something. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-09-09 14:34 |
| #7 Mrs. Phester and I have (3) grand-morons who finished college in the past (3) years. Of the three, none are working in their fields. Two are secretarial assistants (one of whom works in the same place as her Mom and Dad), and the other recently landed a job in retail sales. None of these jobs require more than an Associates Degree. Another one of the kids is being pushed into going to college, and my recommendation that he consider the "successes" of the above is looked at as being, er, unwelcome to say the least. When I ask why he wants to go to college to begin with, I get "To play ball." (He's a pretty good catcher.) as the answer. Four-year college used to be a place that taught you how to think; it is now somewhere where you are taught what to think with very low levels of actual education. The little pieces of paper you now get at the end are little more than expensive certificates of attendance. Corporate Cultures are pushing the "College Degree Required" crap all the way to broom pushing. IM(not so)HO, College education is, for most students (Dr's, Engineers, etc. excepted) a scam not far removed from a Ponzi Scheme.... My "wake-up call" happened a number of years ago when I saw a book we used in one of my college courses in a $1-bin at K-mart. Kind of put it all in perspective.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-09-09 14:27 |
| #6 You had it right the first time. |
| Posted by: KBK 2013-09-09 11:16 |
| #5 ..oops...ROI |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-09-09 10:38 |
| #4 Ontario, for example, will soon halve the number of students accepted into teachers college programs and double the amount of time it takes to complete the degree. Ridiculous padding. How about just jacking up standards? No additional costs involved. Oh wait, what am I saying, they want the money. The others are only being shut down because someone finally discovered the negative ROE. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-09-09 10:37 |
| #3 At her "Viva Voce" (oral exam), all she had to do was read Would You Like Fries With That? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-09-09 03:27 |
| #2 She would have all it takes to make a great Beer Wench. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-09-09 02:51 |
| #1 Sure you can, just use your time machine to go back then and apply for a job as "Wife", thousands of people will "Employ" you. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-09-09 00:16 |