Quote Originally Posted by Voulkos View Post
Your question is quite specific to the field and university that you attended. Though before attending college, you may not know what type of career path you'd like to pursue, By about the junior year in a 4-year program, you may want to re-evaluate the school that you're attending. A degree simply isn't enough in these times for most fields. Instead, it is important to shop around for the school that is able to provide the networking necessary to carry you to meet your professional goals.

I guess my point here is that attending college can be a great professional choice, but it is most advantageous when used for more than walking away with a slip of paper and an additional line on your resume.

Now that you're out of school, though, it is your prerogative to make that networking happen for yourself. A suggestion that I like to offer students that need guidance in their education choices is to get in contact with the hiring supervisors of the positions that you'd like to have. You can let them know right off the bat that you may not be looking for an immediate position, but would like to get an idea of what type of experience they're looking for. From this exercise, it is common to even be offered internships or other positions leading up to where you'd like to be.

In any case, experience and getting yourself published or at least adding some relevant lines to the resume is one of the most valuable things you can do... ..And yes, the generic message of "Go to college!" from some high schools isn't the healthiest message, but it's up to the student to research and figure out what's best for them anyway..
The original post was not just about me or specific to me. I made the additional posts on my experiences but there are students all across the country graduating from college and not able to find work, and trust me when I say I did look into the school that I went to... it wasn't lacking trust me