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In reply to the discussion: I'm having trouble adapting to this new world we live in. [View all]Flatulo
(5,005 posts)My son has his Masters degree in paralegal studies, 3.4 GPA, and has been on over 50 job interviews in the past year. But because he has no legal experience, no one at any law firm will hire him.
So he turned to state and municipal job postings. He gets interviews all the time, but they never respond. Later, we find out that the job went to the child or niece/nephew of some existing public employee, often one with no formal education whatsoever. Public jobs in Massachusetts are a stinking cesspool of nepotism, and unless you're politically connected, you will never be considered other than to fill a quota of interviews required by law.
In my little town, half the folks in town hall are related in one way or another. The town engineer has his entire family employed.
At the law firm my wife has worked at for 38 years, all the attorneys have their kids working there, even though in some cases they're borderline idiots.
The few jobs that are available, those with a decent wage and benefits, are reserved for the connected class.
He's even flown down to D.C. to interview - same story. Plenty of interviews, no callbacks. He's been to a professional job counseler, at my expense, and she tells him he's doing everything right. He's clean, articulate, perfect teeth, short haircut and conservative suit with no tats or piercings. He's bright and an brilliant speaker. It doesn't matter.
So he toils away at Boston Market, washing dishes and carving chickens, and he's never missed a day of work in a year and has been an exemplary worker, but hasn't seen a penny increase or any workweeks over 30 hours. The kid is smart and diligent, and he'd love to get out on his own, but at the current rate of jobs growth, he'll be living here with me for the rest of his life.
These job reports are sheer bullshit, kabuki theatre. There is simply no decent work. Unless you're connected.