It's going to be interesting to see what happens when she hits 30.
24 and never worked
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Posts: 89792 (04/24/2008 8:01 AM) |
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Posts: 5070 (04/24/2008 8:22 AM) |
EuroMAFan wrote: I'm 21, never had a job, am graduating in 1 month and just got my first real job to start my career so it can be done I sense a bit of jealousy.
I don't think it's a big deal since she's in school.I agree. |
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Sweet Caramels |
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Posts: 4998 (04/24/2008 8:24 AM) |
NCCyberchica wrote: I do too esp given some of the OPs posts in the past |
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u2thebest2000 |
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Posts: 9609 (04/24/2008 8:37 AM) |
I had my first job at 23.
I love my job, that I got just with a bachelor degree btw (even if I'm going to grad school now too), but I also loved the years when had time available to travel and do whatever I wanted as along as I managed to keep my grades up, and when say travel, I don't mean Bible camps at all 
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Posts: 1143 (04/24/2008 8:50 AM) |
I think if you don't HAVE to toil away at some crap job to pay your way through school, more power to you. At least she's getting out there and
traveling, experiencing life. That's actually very cool. I'm a bit envious, myself!
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idontknowwhat |
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Posts: 6803 (04/24/2008 8:52 AM) |
My parents have funded for me to travel, and I have studied, and worked. I have tried all of these scenarios, and i know i've had plenty of people complain
about my luck (even my own sisters), but they're just jealous that I got to travel through Europe every year after I finished high school for 5 years (so
far), and got my life together enough to get a great job.
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EuroMAFan |
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Posts: 1800 (04/24/2008 8:53 AM) |
WTF? I'm not jealous. I'd HATE to be 24 with no work experience whatsoever. It just doesn't look good, and personally I've learned SO much from
jobs, things I never could have learned in school. I think it made me a much better rounded person. And as I said, I wasn't waitressing through college
either, but I did work in the summers - as much for the experience than the money.
She does annoy me though because she really doesn't realise how easy she has it compared to most people. I don't think it's good for someone's character to get such an easy ride, and never have to earn money. She said herself she'll get a huge shock when she starts working full time. Maybe it's different over there, but here, work experience is almost MORE important than a degree for most jobs. |
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Nico Corvus |
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Posts: 39213 (04/24/2008 8:53 AM) |
I've been working since I was 15. Ew. That means 18 years of working!
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EuroMAFan |
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Posts: 1801 (04/24/2008 8:58 AM) |
I think if you don't HAVE to toil away at some crap job to pay your way through school, more power to you. At least she's getting out there and traveling, experiencing life. That's actually very cool. I'm a bit envious, myself! I didn't have a job during the college year either. Plenty of people experience life while working - meeting tons of people from every walk of life while working in a foreign country teaches you much more than loafing around in a language school or camp with a ton of other English speaking people, IMO. No, it might not be as FUN, but the experience is well worth it. |
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Posts: 12534 (04/24/2008 9:06 AM) Most Loyal *NSYNC Fan '08 |
My freshman year of college, when I was applying for work study jobs, more than 30 people applied for the 5 spots I was vying for. I got the job because of
previous office experience, and landed one of the cushiest jobs on campus!
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POProcks08 |
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Posts: 1690 (04/24/2008 9:14 AM) |
It's not like she's sitting on her ass wasting her life away. Volunteering means something.
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EuroMAFan |
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Posts: 1803 (04/24/2008 9:24 AM) |
Yes, but real work experience is important too. I've volunteered, I've worked for free in return for room and board overseas and those things mean
diddly squat on a resume. These days, everyone and their mother has a degree - it's like the MINIMUM requirement now. She really thinks she can apply for a
job and get it because she has a degree. I've graduated and I've experienced the attitude of recruiters and employers. There is absolutely no way
I'd have gotten any of my jobs without some work experience. They all said that I didn't have enough. Well, she has NOTHING.
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Hp GaL04 |
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Posts: 30632 (04/24/2008 9:29 AM) Most Dramatic '07 |
I started workin when I was 18. I used to think that was late.
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Posts: 8237 (04/24/2008 9:31 AM) |
What does she want to do afterwards? If she has no idea, she's in a shitload of trouble. With the economy right now, finding a job with experience is hard
enough.
I had my first job experiences in college (18) and it opened my eyes up alot. She's going to be lacking. But atleast she's traveling and gaining some type of experience that way. |
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EuroMAFan |
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Posts: 1805 (04/24/2008 9:38 AM) |
She's talking about being a social worker, but she hasn't gone to school for that. I think she's planning on working in an office or something for
a year or two, but they won't even look at you without experience. I think her parents are doing her no favours by spoiling her like this. She's going
to have to support herself sometime, and the longer you leave it to get work experience, the harder it is.
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Posts: 1733 (04/24/2008 9:42 AM) |
NCCyberchica wrote:
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Posts: 21521 (04/24/2008 9:44 AM) |
To me, a job does not define a life. She sounds like she's got some pretty amazing experiences under her belt.
If she has trouble finding a job when she's ready to work, so be it, but that'll be for her to deal with, so I can't really find myself caring too much about what she's doing right now. |
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Posts: 41368 (04/24/2008 9:45 AM) |
I think it's incredibly sad. She's in for a rude awakening - that is if she ever enters the real world.
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Posts: 11940 (04/24/2008 9:51 AM) |
I am 23, still in college, and I've had plenty of jobs but none of them relate to my field whatsoever. I consider that about the same thing as having never
had a job at all.
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Posts: 123 (04/24/2008 9:52 AM) |
You make it sound like she spends a lot of time volunteering. Volunteering is work. It is just work that you are not getting paid for. I doubt that many
employers care if you got (or needed) a paycheck or not as long as you have been productive, working and learning skills to do a job. If she has a pretty
extensive resume concerning her volunteer work (with skills and experience), a great attitiude, excellent "work" references from her volunteer
"jobs" and a degree I am sure that she can land a job.
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04/24/2008 9:55 AM.
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I did do summer internships for the past 2 years but that's it.
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