Comments on: 10 Lessons For New Graduates That They Failed To Learn In School http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/ Promotional Codes, Coupons & Deals + Money Saving Insights Fri, 25 May 2012 07:48:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Graduate Jobs http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-90325 Graduate Jobs Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:33:43 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-90325 I think having a degree is certainly worth doing; the knowledge, experience and time away from home is invaluable. I will definitely be trying to save 50% of my pay check next pay day and see how I get on! Next stop, a graduate job. I think having a degree is certainly worth doing; the knowledge, experience and time away from home is invaluable. I will definitely be trying to save 50% of my pay check next pay day and see how I get on! Next stop, a graduate job.

]]> By: Sara Jane http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-47463 Sara Jane Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:29:47 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-47463 This is so painfully true! I just graduated this year and thought I'd walk into my dream job within a month...maybe not! Luckily there are lots of people out there in web land willing to help us gain a little perspective, and hopefully a job too. I'm now working as a temp for a company which specialises in finding people like me graduate jobs, and they offered me the job to help boost my CV whilst job hunting. I really recommend finding advice online, as a degree alone won't help much in a recession! (www.grb.uk.com) I hope all that hard work at uni will pay off in the end, but as soon as I'm earning I hope I remember the advice to save 50% of my pay slip!! I'd love to add a link to help all those other struggling graduates out there if that's OK? This is so painfully true! I just graduated this year and thought I’d walk into my dream job within a month…maybe not! Luckily there are lots of people out there in web land willing to help us gain a little perspective, and hopefully a job too.
I’m now working as a temp for a company which specialises in finding people like me graduate jobs, and they offered me the job to help boost my CV whilst job hunting. I really recommend finding advice online, as a degree alone won’t help much in a recession! (www.grb.uk.com) I hope all that hard work at uni will pay off in the end, but as soon as I’m earning I hope I remember the advice to save 50% of my pay slip!!
I’d love to add a link to help all those other struggling graduates out there if that’s OK?

]]> By: Nic http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-42997 Nic Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:47:28 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-42997 Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say that a degree is worthless but I agree that there are other factors that will be considered pertaining to <a href="http://www.graduate-jobs.com/gco/graduate-careers-uk.jsp" rel="nofollow">graduate careers</a>. The classification and discipline of your degree may be factors but experience, personality and skills are going to come into it too. If someone with a 2:2 can offer the relevant soft skills, experience and a suitable personality, they're a better candidate than the guy with a first and no clue about anything. Well, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that a degree is worthless but I agree that there are other factors that will be considered pertaining to graduate careers. The classification and discipline of your degree may be factors but experience, personality and skills are going to come into it too. If someone with a 2:2 can offer the relevant soft skills, experience and a suitable personality, they’re a better candidate than the guy with a first and no clue about anything.

]]> By: Mel http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-25806 Mel Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:41:59 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-25806 This post is exactly what I needed this morning. Thank you. This post is exactly what I needed this morning. Thank you.

]]> By: Candis http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-25251 Candis Wed, 27 May 2009 14:40:39 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-25251 Did my mom write this article? Sounds just like everything she has ever told me. :) Did my mom write this article? Sounds just like everything she has ever told me. :)

]]> By: kate http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-25223 kate Tue, 26 May 2009 21:42:31 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-25223 "Save for a sunny day." I absolutely love that tip. It's so true, and as many of your tips point out, the small financial decisions you make when you are young really can effect your future. It's like the book, THE POWER OF SMALL says, "our smallest gestures have outsize impact in our lives." “Save for a sunny day.” I absolutely love that tip. It’s so true, and as many of your tips point out, the small financial decisions you make when you are young really can effect your future. It’s like the book, THE POWER OF SMALL says, “our smallest gestures have outsize impact in our lives.”

]]> By: IRG http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-25216 IRG Tue, 26 May 2009 18:34:53 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-25216 You've alluded to it, but let's just say it: Get over your attitude of entitlement! Not all young workers or recent grads have it, but far too many do. They are not willing to start at the bottom, for the most part, and pay their dues to use the trite-but-true phrase. More than that, many seem to think that anyone over 40 should just shove off and get out of their way. (Plenty of online blogs, etc. on this. If you're over 50 or 60, they want them to just die. Period.) Accept grunt work, learn and work as if everything you did mattered. Because it does. All work has value and this is something that a lot of kids/recent grads don't accept. I'm tired of these interns who come in and want to run the company. In the meantime, they can't even learn company policies and procedures, run a photocopier or fix a printer. Come on. And while you have ideas and opinions, get that you are NOT going to get the same respect, response, etc. as someone who has successfully been contributing to a company. EARN your way into your job by doing it well. If you look to the histories of the CEOs and others who have started and/or run companies, you will generally see a history of working their way up, through. It's not an overnight thing. So finally, BE PATIENT. You’ve alluded to it, but let’s just say it:

Get over your attitude of entitlement!

Not all young workers or recent grads have it, but far too many do.

They are not willing to start at the bottom, for the most part, and pay their dues to use the trite-but-true phrase.

More than that, many seem to think that anyone over 40 should just shove off and get out of their way. (Plenty of online blogs, etc. on this. If you’re over 50 or 60, they want them to just die. Period.)

Accept grunt work, learn and work as if everything you did mattered. Because it does.

All work has value and this is something that a lot of kids/recent grads don’t accept.

I’m tired of these interns who come in and want to run the company. In the meantime, they can’t even learn company policies and procedures, run a photocopier or fix a printer. Come on.

And while you have ideas and opinions, get that you are NOT going to get the same respect, response, etc. as someone who has successfully been contributing to a company. EARN your way into your job by doing it well.

If you look to the histories of the CEOs and others who have started and/or run companies, you will generally see a history of working their way up, through.

It’s not an overnight thing. So finally, BE PATIENT.

]]> By: Michael Moebes http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-25215 Michael Moebes Tue, 26 May 2009 18:30:13 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-25215 Great advice...I just counseled someone today who has finished college with $100k in debt but no job. Life is harder when you start in the red. Great advice…I just counseled someone today who has finished college with $100k in debt but no job. Life is harder when you start in the red.

]]> By: Michael http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-25208 Michael Tue, 26 May 2009 15:03:33 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-25208 Actually the diploma is worth some things to some people. It depends on the hiring manager and job. For example a good BS in Business or MBA will get you more money at most large corporations, if you choose to do a stint on the dark side. But by all means take this advice!!! Don't get caught up in an American dream powered by debt. You'll just get chained to the job you're about to compete for. Live like you did in college, borrow no more money, work to be debt free first, live frugally, and then one you've mastered all that consider every financial decision like a well thought out business decision. You don't have to learn these lessons the hard way, like the rest of us. Actually the diploma is worth some things to some people. It depends on the hiring manager and job. For example a good BS in Business or MBA will get you more money at most large corporations, if you choose to do a stint on the dark side.

But by all means take this advice!!! Don’t get caught up in an American dream powered by debt. You’ll just get chained to the job you’re about to compete for. Live like you did in college, borrow no more money, work to be debt free first, live frugally, and then one you’ve mastered all that consider every financial decision like a well thought out business decision.

You don’t have to learn these lessons the hard way, like the rest of us.

]]> By: Wealth Pilgrim http://frugaldad.com/2009/05/26/lessons-for-new-graduates/#comment-25204 Wealth Pilgrim Tue, 26 May 2009 13:31:09 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=2696#comment-25204 OH MAN...excellent writing...excellent points. You know what, even though I've been pounding these ideas into my kids' brains....it's never said often enough. This goes out to my kids today!!!!! OH MAN…excellent writing…excellent points. You know what, even though I’ve been pounding these ideas into my kids’ brains….it’s never said often enough. This goes out to my kids today!!!!!

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