Jorge Cham, "Business cards in grad school: Why you need them" (2007/05/14)
괜히 대학원 다녔다간 이러고 다닐거 같애....
[질문] 취업을 못했을 때 시간과 돈을 투자해
MBA 학위를 따는 것이 좋을까요?
Question: Will getting an MBA or any other type of advanced degree be a good use of time and money since I can’t find a job?
[정답] 아뇨! 취업을 하지 못한 경우에는
훌륭한 태도와 사회성을 기르고 이력서를 보강해야 합니다.
다시 학교로 돌아가지 마시고 왜 취업을 못하는지 고민해 보세요.
학위는 절대로 이런 것들을 메워 줄 수 없습니다.
Answer: No. If you can’t find a job, then you should invest in something like better grooming, or a better resume, or a coach for poor social skills. These are the things that keep people from getting jobs. Instead of running back to school, figure out why you can’t get a job, because maybe it’s something that a degree can’t overcome.
졸업 후에 더 많은 학위를 딸수록 취업은 점점 더 어려워 집니다.
Grad school generally makes you less employable, not more employable. For example, people who get a graduate degree in the humanities would have had a better chance of surviving the Titanic than getting a tenured teaching job.
직장 생활 초기에 명문 비즈니스 스쿨에 입학하는 것이 아니라면
학위를 따기 위해 직장을 그만두는 것은 어리석은 일입니다.
Unless you are going to a top business school at the beginning of your career, you should not stop working in order to get the degree. Go to night school because you will not make up for the loss of income with the extra credential.
Law school is one of the only graduate degrees that makes you more employable. Unfortunately it makes you more employable in the profession where people are more unhappy. Law school rewards perfectionism, and perfectionism is a risk factor for depression. Lawyers have little control over their work and hours, because they are at the beck-and-call of their clients, and many are constantly working with clients who have problems lawyers cannot solve. These two traits in a job—lack of control over workload and compromised ability to reach stated goals—are the two biggest causes for burnout in jobs.
- Penelope Trunk, 정진호 옮김, "월급을 얼마나 받아야 행복해 질까요? 뻔뻔한 출세주의자(Ten Questions With Penelope Trunk: Career Guidance for This Century)" (lovesera.com, 2007/05/16)
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