| Some students really need to spend summers and breaks making money to pay their way! S & friends have worked on a building cleaning crew full time as well as on a trash collection truck route full time summers (not concurrently). Tough gigs, but no complaints they've been fortunate as they needed those jobs. Trust me, they're not livin' large, more like saved for expenses. Neither experience is valued by employers, and since companies for the most part don't recruit on the regional public campus they're in for a tough time finding jobs in their fields. Seems internships are great for the employers, lots of free or near free labor, and they get a test drive of the kid before the offer is extended. Tough luck for the guys who didn't land at the "right" program or campus. They can't get a foot in a decent door. Don't buy the stuff about it doesn't matter where you go - it does. Don't buy the stuff about "all work experience" being valued either - it isn't - in fact S's friends say it's actually looked down on - like why were you wasting time earning low wages and not building a resume..more hoops, more gatekeepers |