Why SE should hire me

[Jyoeru]

Jyoeru if you are truly a Rice Alum and looking for a job... contact me. I know someone who graduated from Rice who runs a 1000 person company... +points if you're from Ohio, Nebraska or Texas.

No, I think I need to clarify that. My Religious Studies instructor holds her doctorate from Rice. I am from Dallas, live in Indiana, and other than managing credit unions and just now finishing my degree--for the sake of the ability to say I have one (because experience + degree > degree > nothing at all)--I am really not qualified to take on much. Thanks for trying to lookout for us little folk, though

[Hobo]

No, I think I need to clarify that. My Religious Studies instructor holds her doctorate from Rice. I am from Dallas, live in Indiana, and other than managing credit unions and just now finishing my degree--for the sake of the ability to say I have one (because experience + degree > degree > nothing at all)--I am really not qualified to take on much. Thanks for trying to lookout for us little folk, though

Very true. Once someone has a few years of work experience I rarely put much weight on what university they graduated from. Heck, I've even hired people that graduated from online colleges. Also try not to change jobs too often... if you hold too many jobs for less than a year it can become a red flag.

[Jyoeru]

Very true. Once someone has a few years of work experience I rarely put much weight on what university they graduated from. Heck, I've even hired people that graduated from online colleges. Also try not to change jobs too often... if you hold too many jobs for less than a year it can become a red flag.

Most of my experience is in sales/finance and call center management and upper-management for credit unions. I haven't deviated much. A communications degree is perfect for these types of jobs, the way I see it. My degree essentially was for getting to the MA step and for improving myself for myself (and so that I could have the paper to validate that aspect of my experience)

[Stryker]

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I'm honestly surprised that a PhD for such a field exists. I get it's religious studies, but religion and higher education usually only get along for so long...like Jesus and Judas.

But back to the OP. That is the worst attempt for finding a job as possible. When people get random degree's and then choose to go into a different field it's beyond me. If the field is somewhat related then that's fine. In this case I'm not sure what the OP is looking to do other than find a job. Become a contributor for a gaming website and then work your way up. But specialized companies only have so many slots for people with non-related majors than their industry.

But man people are brutally honest in this forum with regards to majors. I didn't want to bring up many of the points since it crushes the soul of a newly graduated unemployed individual. I was kinda hoping they'd see for themselves the suffering and despair of choosing an easy and common major.

[Jyoeru]

I'm honestly surprised that a PhD for such a field exists. I get it's religious studies, but religion and higher education usually only get along for so long...like Jesus and Judas.

But back to the OP. That is the worst attempt for finding a job as possible. When people get random degree's and then choose to go into a different field it's beyond me. If the field is somewhat related then that's fine. In this case I'm not sure what the OP is looking to do other than find a job. Become a contributor for a gaming website and then work your way up. But specialized companies only have so many slots for people with non-related majors than their industry.

But man people are brutally honest in this forum with regards to majors. I didn't want to bring up many of the points since it crushes the soul of a newly graduated unemployed individual. I was kinda hoping they'd see for themselves the suffering and despair of choosing an easy and common major.

It's only as easy and common as you make it. I think I have been trying to point that out. Writing good research papers is hard. Writing creatively is hard. Writing well at all is a skill many people lack. Now, getting a degree in perhaps modernist literature might be daunting as far as proving competitive. Fair enough. But most English majors don't have about 30 hours of math and 30 hours of science. I could have refined the degree to pick up some minors, but after doing college off and on for 10 years, I was done. Just wanted to be done.

[Stryker]

It's only as easy and common as you make it. I think I have been trying to point that out. Writing good research papers is hard. Writing creatively is hard. Writing well at all is a skill many people lack. Now, getting a degree in perhaps modernist literature might be daunting as far as proving competitive. Fair enough. But most English majors don't have about 30 hours of math and 30 hours of science. I could have refined the degree to pick up some minors, but after doing college off and on for 10 years, I was done. Just wanted to be done.

EEh I think we'd have to agree to disagree. While those things are difficult there's a reason why certain professions make more money than others. While a genius can make anything easy the bar is set exceptionally low for liberal arts and social sciences. There's a reason why more people graduate out of those two schools compared to that of engineers or the other sciences.

While the 30 hours in both math and sciences is I guess impressive? That won't really matter in the grand scheme of things resume wise. I'd equate it to putting that you won beer pong champion 3 years in a row for Sigma Phi Epsilon or some other frat.

Also personally I couldn't imagine hiring anyone that was in and out of college for 10 years, but that's just me personally.