This chick got a degree in business administration in information technology and a minor in being delusional.
When I went to college, my diploma didn’t come with a guarantee on the pretty little folder that it came in. Just because you get a degree doesn’t mean you’re going to get a job, in any economy. Now with this economy and job market, you’re definitely not guaranteed to get a job. Kind of makes you wonder how much she was studying macro- and micro-economics during her schooling years. That whole supply and demand thing will jump up and bite you in the butt.
And I hate to be a jerk, but she has a GPA that she says herself is just “alright” from a college with less than overwhelming name recognition. Nobody just gets a job handed to them with any GPA and having a GPA that’s just alright is going to make the job hunting task harder.
And regarding her complaints about the placement office not helping her enough. Maybe I’m too cynical, but just like everything else, higher education is a numbers game and the number that matters most is the bottom line. Schools want to place as many graduates as they can as quickly as they can so when they go to their alumni asking for money or to the government seeking grants they can say, “look how awesome we are. We placed X number of students in a job within six months of graduation.” Frankly, placing students with higher GPAs is easier and so that’s where the placement office is going to focus their energy. That’s probably not the way it should be, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
They’ll also use those job placement figures when recruiting new students, and they like to make it sound as though they did everything in getting a new student placed. What people have to realize is that there’s an unspoken portion of the new student recruitment sales pitch which goes something like this. ”If you come to our school we’ll give you the best education we can. If you work hard, get good grades, interview well, and find a job you like that wants to hire you, we’ll help you get placed.” When it comes down to it, its your responsibility.
The last thing I’d like to bring up is that I don’t think Ms. Thompson is doing herself any favors by filing a crazy lawsuit like this. If I’m a potential employer I’m now going to look at her as a lawsuit waiting to happen. She gets disciplined or fired for any reason, I should expect a lawsuit coming. Not a savvy move in my mind.
