It's a trap!

Shout out to those of you who read that in Admiral Ackbar's voice.

Adulting is a trap. Don't ever adult, kids.

Here's the thing. Recently my friends have been sharing this guy's videos called "Whine About It" where he gets drunk off of wine and rants about shit that bothers him. It's pretty nitpicky, but this last one he was whining about being an adult, and he said one thing that made me actually yell out loud "NO FREAKIN' JOKE!" and that thing was:

'...And all the jobs are like, "Entry level position, must have 30+ years experience and six college degrees".' (I'm paraphrasing, but it's whatever.)

I mean, he's DEAD ON. What IS that?!?! It's an entry position! Not a corporate position, not a management position, not a position where if you screw up people die or something; no, it's literally the position that gets you entered into the company so that you can grow with them. You get paid minimum wage, you work weird hours, and you probably get overworked, but it's okay, because you WANT that job. It'll lead you to working with that company for the rest of your life (hopefully.)

This whole degree thing for jobs that anyone can be taught to do is really disheartening and getting out of hand. One can't get a job with the companies one wants to work for because they're demanding Bachelor's degrees to be an Admin Assistant.

I ask you why? Why? Please tell me, why?

Not the Admin Manager, not the Executive Secretary, not Assistant to the V/P or CEO or COO or anything like that. An Admin Assistant.

..................

Say what.

Do you know who does the job of an Admin Assistant? Literally everybody. You are doing the work of an AA in customer service. You're doing it as a receptionist. You're doing it as an IT rep. You're doing it working at the desk in a hotel. You're doing it answering the phones in the call center at Zappos or whatever.

The only difference is it's all rolled up into one position with a different title. Seriously. I can do an AA job with my eyes closed. Okay, not literally because it'd be hard to type but you get my drift.

This is why we have so many people who stay unemployed or who stay with a job they hate and are overqualified for or why people don't have a drive to move forward with their lives. Degrees have become more important than having someone who's actually worked the field before. People without degrees don't even get considered. It just moves your application status to 'No longer in consideration' after a few weeks.

Makes me sad.

But  I tell ya, it won't make me stop applying for those jobs until I wear them down and they give in and hire me!! ;) Stalking until they cave is the key.

Hopefully.

I'll keep you posted.