Know what you're getting yourself into

DarkKnight666
Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:33:10 +0000

We’ve all witnessed crazy things that defy common sense. It’s not impossible to believe this isn’t one of those things to.

@Marcdvl- It seems that you’ve graduated already. Times have changed, so maybe something particular about the op matters a lot more now than before. But you shouldn’t instantly call it full of crap. Nobody believed the boy who cried wolf until it was too late (yeah sorry, bad metaphor). Are you always going to reject something just because your common sense says otherwise?

@FLtoWashU, you’re a freshman, wait until you’re a junior and then you’ll see how it is. You probably don’t even have experience in this matter. And you’ve got time to plan and prepare. Let’s see how you handle this situation in the future when the economy becomes worse with possibly another recession.

And regarding both the Olin and regular career centers, they’re not bad, they just offer advice that’s too general (In that sense, you can see it as “bad”). But they would never take the time to carefully plan out a specialized solution for one student, because that’d be just too much work.

Yeah I get it; they suck. They don’t want to exert effort to help someone even when you need it so much. But why should they? Their loyalty is to the school, not you. They have not obligation to care, because all they want is to see you get a job so they can boost the school’s rankings. They don’t care if you’re unemployed or if you live or die. At the end of the day, you’re just a statistic, and once you graduate, the school’s only going to be demanding money from you as a alum. By then, no one is even going to remember you.

Besides, if you are really only one student without work experience vs about 200 others, do you really think they’ll care at all? One student not getting an internship won’t even budge the ranking figures. Here’s the deal: you have no leverage over the career center. The career center has absolutely no stake in it, so course they have not motivation or obligation to help you. You should’ve learned this in your classes: if you really want someone to cooperate with you, make sure they have something to lose or gain. You want someone to help you? Find someone who has a stake in the matter. Of course, that’s probably no one, so you’re on your own.

And as a business student, you of all people should know that higher education is a business. It’s all about money, not your well-being or success.

It’s ok to talk to career advisors for connections. But as far as actually helping you with the process goes, I think you’ve learned just how “helpful” they really are. And if you heavily depending on them and blaming them for your misfortunes, then you’re really screwed.