re: Random Money/Business/Finance Thoughts Thread

Damn, that seems pretty bad for a business school where graduates can work in a whole host of environments. I wonder how many of that 65% were really hustling for a job. With law, the majority of folks are so damn entitled it's no surprise they don't have jobs. I think most of them thought a hoard of attorneys was going to break down the doors of the school one day and start handing out jobs.

Iowa has the highest. 95%

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I remember you saying something along the lines of, "If I can't get a job that pays more than 45k bare minimum, I'm going back to the farm."

for sure. Farm work would be harder than white collar shite, imo

Meh, it's more labor intensive, but much less stress and more flexible.

Farming is going to continue to be a very good career in the future. It just isn't that mentally stimulating.

Our career center is fricking terrible compared to relative schools.

I think most career services departments are pretty bad, for the sole reason that they are almost all really understaffed.

Career services departments are terrible apart from getting you the list of alumni contacts in whichever field you're pursuing so that YOU can go and contact them YOURSELF.

That's about all they're worth. And pursuing alumni contacts through the business school of the university at which I attended law school is how I landed my current gig.

Apart from this very ministerial role as "the keeper of the contacts," they are completely useless. And this is even applicable in the professional school setting, as you know, which is sad, considering the money people shell out for post-graduate education.

BTW, one day, if possible, I'd kind of like you to expand on how you've used your law degree as a means of positioning yourself for a career in finance.

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Agreed. I would have paid another 500 bucks a semester (generating 120k a year or the whole program) if they would just hire two more well qualified go getters for 60k. Plus, I might feel endebted enough to the program to make a donation.

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The issue with us is that Career Services is A) too focuses on opportunities solely for business majors and B) does not spread a wide enough net outside of Memphis.

We have an alumni database that is searchable by company, city, etc that is pretty useful. I contacted 3 people all at top tier firms are 2 of them contacted me back. Our alumni are always willing to help if students reach out.

I can't complain too much--recruitment went better than I ever could have expected.

For non-business majors, even the smartest, getting ANY job is extremely difficult. I have a good friend that is a science major who graduated summa cum laude and he is unemployed. One of the smartest guys I know but it is such a difficult market for those disciplines.