The bookstores are run by a separate company. No complaints about them however because of Corinthians problems they are shutting down a large portion of their stores and laying off those employees. I've personally met quite a few of the store workers and they've always been very pleasant and professional. It's sad to see such nice people get run out of town by such a greedy corporation but it's happening. They aren't the only ones either. Sale or no sale, the damage is done to others who haven't done anything wrong. Students who actually come to class, study and seek help and tutoring. These students gain a sense of pride because they feel like they're accomplishing something only to find out that their diploma or degree is worthless. This whole situation is such a punch in the gut as well as a slap in the face. To all of you who are looking for employment I wish you the best of luck and hope the best things for those students and bookstore employees.
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Wow, this is the first thread where no one is insulting someone else and posts are informative. No one seems to be talking about the bookstores though which is a shame. I liked those guys. They didn't match the schools I visited, always seemed to be decent people. Don't know where these reports get their info about more jobs being created. I've been looking since May and I haven't even had a call back. Good luck everyone.
I appreciate the input on the subject of diplomas and job seeking. My original intent was to discuss how the online social phenomenon has radically changed the way education and job seeking is handled over the last decade.
Online students have less need to retain critical information, there was more need to retain information in the older system of education. Nowdays students can just Google the answers and as far as job seeking, people have become more depersonalized, even to the point of being digitally filtered out as 362 has pointed out. There is no reason to believe more people are being hired nowdays, but hiring rejections have most certainly increased exponentially. One can only wonder how these important social changes have crept into the reputations of companies such as CCi.
332: You're right about degrees in general, but for profits are gaining a bad reputation with good reason. If a candidate went to a state school, I'll grill them on the job relevant subject areas that they should know. I hire for accounting, and it surprises me how many have accounting degrees or MBAs and have such a poor grasp of some basic financial concepts, such as P&L statements. However, I am especially diligent when I'm interviewing a career college grad. I had one UoP MBA grad apply for an accounting management job once. She had recently completed her BA then MBA and her last semester included an advanced cost accounting course, which she received an A for. It quickly became clear that she (literally!) didn't know the difference between a debit or credit, a balance sheet or income statement, much less ANY specific topics that she would qualify her for the job. After an experience like that, you pay attention to the college. I've heard similar stories from others as well.
44333 -- as a hiring manager I can say it is overwhelming. We keep hearing about the economy picking up, but the numbers of resumes we receive for each posting hasn't gone down. For those of you who were old enough to job search in the 80's -- please realize that it's not the same process only online. You really, really need to break down every aspect of the job description and build a specialized resume and cover letter for each. Be sure to match words, especially those that reference specific qualifications. We do a lot of automated filtering before we even start looking at what's left.
Remember back in the 80's? If you needed to find a job, you would have to drive/walk around and meet people. If it was a job that a lot of people wanted, you might have to stand in line for awhile, waiting for your turn. Nowdays, people fill out convenient online applications, a relatively mindless, repetitive operation, where the virtual line of competitors has turned into thousands of people on back file. People think the new way should work as well as the old way. But it doesn't and probably never will.
Lots of diplomas today are worthless. I doubt anyone wants to work at McDonalds after college. But, still many do. And it's true of any school.
The worth of the diploma, depends solely upon the tenacity of the person who has it. Without that, any diploma is worthless.