Hi Ramsey,

I understand how you feel. When I graduated from college it took me a year to find a full-time job. I must have sent out hundreds of resumes. It was frustrating. I waited tables until I was hired at a large aerospace firm.

You’ve mentioned a few topics but let’s talk about one. What you describe about employees being used as pawns has not been my experience. Some employees, once they get hired, decide to learn everything they can about all areas of their company while getting paid for it. It takes some time but often they’ll eventually figure out exactly what they want to do. They don’t settle for a job they hate; they search for a job they can love. There are jobs out there, believe it or not, that people love to go to each day. They then can work hard to become very knowledgeable in their areas of expertise, so good at what they do that their employers don’t want to lose them and other companies want to hire them. Then, if possible, they get their employers to pay for their masters degrees. They are in the driver’s seat; their companies become their pawns.

B