Comments on: Money Mistake #7 – Assuming that a college degree guarantees a good job

By: Lucy S.

Lucy S. — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:09:54 +0000

I am currently out of work in Michigan, and have been seeking to find a job since April. I just enrolled back in college full-time with the expectation that I would have a grant to pay for my schooling for this fall semester. Two weeks ago, I found out the grant didn’t come through, and now I am going to school on only government loans. I have been asking for advice on whether to cancel my classes (and extra accumulating debt) or to continue on in my schooling on credit. After reading this article, I feel that maybe I need to quit pushing so hard at schooling, pay off some bills, and work smarter with the experiences that I do have. Is it good to make more debt?, I think not. I really want to pay off what I have first. I want to bring God honor and glory with the decisions that I make, in all of my life.

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By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:35:59 +0000

I think now more than ever that is true. I have a brother who just graduated college and can’t find a job. A college education is great in a lot of different ways but that means nothing in terms of finding a job these days, much less a good one.

By: Jeff G.in AZ

Jeff G.in AZ — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:46:33 +0000

“getting off the track that I was on and moving to a new track.”

In regards to being on a track…that was me. 17 years with one company, hard working, loyal to a fault, 1 job for 11 of those 17 years. I had no plans of doing anything else. I was good at what I did, or so I thought. As a Christian, I should have been aware that I my career was stalling. God made me aware. I was asked to resign or go on a PIP for my sales plan. I resigned. If you don’t lift your eyes off of the track you are on and scan the horizon for growth opportunities (personal, professional and spiritual growth), God will do it for you. Since my resignation, my INCOME went to HALF and now down to ZERO as a job hunter in a severely down economy.

I am considering going back to complete my degree but thanks to Bob’s article, I see it’s not important to focus on the Business degree. Should stick to “plan A” from 20 years ago which was Biblical Studies. First, I need to make some money.

Since I have a family involved these decisions are made more difficult.
In His Care, Jeff.

By: David

David — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:43:08 +0000

I still haven’t gotten my degree and still won’t for a few years. I did think that this would be an issue not to rely just on a degree so I started brainstorming things I could do online to make a business. I’m planning to take this summer to just make my ideas come true, and most of them aren’t easy.

As for working hard… I’m a bit of a slacker… while I know that I try to not to be one but it seems its a bad habit…