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By FMJoblessL - 04/02/2010 05:02 - United States

Today, I am jobless after graduation. Ironic, since when I started college with my education degree, I was congratulated, told of the teacher shortage in my state, and how quickly I would be able to find a job. Three years in, the economy tanks, and the state issues a teacher hiring freeze. FML

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By Reluctant Scholar - 08/03/2022 20:00 - United States - Bloomington

Today, I'm in a US college. I could've gone into a trade or internship, but no one listened. Now, while my parents brag to their friends that their child has a degree, I'll probably be spending the rest of life in crippling debt, sleeping on the side of the road, and begging strangers for table scraps. FML

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By jdmarine83 - 07/10/2011 19:32 - United States

Today, I got my first job after having spent months looking, and graduating college in the meantime. I got it based on my pre-college qualifications. FML

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By OutOfWork.OutOfTime - 28/10/2015 01:34 - United States - Cookeville

Today, I had my first job interview since graduating from university. The person who interviewed me informed me that not using my degree after two years practically makes it null and void. I guess instead of being a financial advisor at the company, I could always be a janitor there. FML

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By Jobless - 10/12/2016 03:35

Today I was fired from my job. They fired me because they couldn't work around my college schedule. The only reason they hired me was because they were looking for college students and without a job I can't go back to school. FML

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By theJoblessArchaeologist - 13/04/2017 05:00 - Canada - Vancouver

Today, as it has done in the last couple of years, my dream job has only been accepting applications from students continuing their degree in the fall. Literally, people with half degrees can get what I can't get with a full degree and experience. FML

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By BlueyedKat - 27/02/2016 06:03 - United States - Huntsville

Today, I found out that the money I spent on a very specific degree was wasted, because apparently, I don't qualify for a job at the place that told me I had to have that degree. FML

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By NeverGonnaGetIt - 27/04/2019 12:00 - United States - Wayne

Today, I went on my 56th job interview since graduating from college 3 months ago. I am 31 years old and I spent 11 years in college. I only graduated with a Bachelor's Degree after all those years, but I am still not qualified for anything due to how long it took me to complete my degree. FML

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By Realworldred - 18/06/2015 03:50 - United States - Scranton

Today, my sister started a full-time job with a good pay despite having no prior work experience and being a college freshman. Meanwhile, I've graduated with two degrees, have been working two jobs for the last five years, and still can't get a full-time position anywhere. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/09/2011 02:19 - Reserved

Today, after several long years, a lot of debt, and two great degrees from a top university, I had to move back in with my parents, because no matter where I look, I can't find a job. FML

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By Real Life Sucks - 26/05/2015 16:50 - United States

Today, it's been exactly 2 years since I graduated college. I make less money in my full-time job now than I did working part-time in college. FML

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Scourge87 0

Thursday 4 February 2010 12:45

That sucks OP. But yeah, its just the american way to start cutting down expenses on education as soon as possible. (Not trying to be anti-american or anything, its just that my mother and several of her friends had to leave the US to find a job as a teacher for basically this same reason. It wont be the last time that'll happen).

boarder700 0

Thursday 4 February 2010 12:51

If the unions were willing to work with the states these things wouldn't be so severe. Cuts need to be made sometimes. The unions refuse cuts so things like hiring freezes are the only things states can do. They can't just print money like the Fed. You should start harassing the local teachers union. Unions suck - especially civil servant unions

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Spyrunner 0

Friday 5 February 2010 0:54

The same thing happened to me in 1992.

hutzlerad 0

Friday 5 February 2010 1:45

I definitely know how you feel. I'm going through the same predicament. I just graduated from a 4 year school with my Bachelor's in teaching and there seems to be no hope. To top it off...I just got a mortgage and now no way to pay for it.

dethmaul 0

Friday 5 February 2010 1:56

Dang you should have joined the military ;) I can't smell the economy crisis from a mile away. I own a house, 40 acres, and my 7 project trucks have no payments. Not one iota of college.

fmlgal58 0

Friday 5 February 2010 1:58

Duse who graduates in February???

gazelle_fml 0

Friday 5 February 2010 3:51

I don't get it.... someone explain this to me in email... [email protected] thanksa

amask22 0

Friday 5 February 2010 5:07

I live in Hickory, NC and it sucks.

stormin972 0

Friday 5 February 2010 5:19

Go back to school then.

dustin1694 0

Friday 5 February 2010 5:26

I got so confused reading this but I do have the tv on but still

perdix 29

Friday 5 February 2010 5:41

When I was in school, they said there was a looming shortage of douchebags. So, I studied Douchebaggery at one of the douchiest institutions in the country and got my B.S.D.B. degree (contrary to popular belief, it is not a Bachelor's of Science, it's a Bullshit Douchebag degree -- accredited by the Massengill Corporation.) When I got out, boom! The market was flooded with douchebags. I did some graduate work at SEU (Summer's Eve University), but the situation was just as bad when I got out. Now, there is no work for douchebags, and all I can do it give it away for free here!

frostie 0

Friday 5 February 2010 6:41

Why dont you work aboard? Like in Canada, England or the Middle East? Strangely, the middle east (the friendly ones) have a preference for white teachers....