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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think, over the past 10 years, so much of getting a job has come down to connections.  You either have them through your parents or through an internship.

Most internships are now unpaid and uber competitive.  To get a good one, you need to have experience that readily applies (or a family/friend connection).  This means kids have to start taking on more "serious" jobs earlier and earlier. [b] There is no time to wait tables or work retail because those jobs no longer are good enough to help you make your way into a serious job.[/b]
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If true, that's unfortunate.  Those types of jobs do more to instill responsibility, accountability, etc. than any college curriculum or busywork internship ever will.  If nothing else, they provide a sobering look at the consequences of not applying oneself to higher education or formal vocational training.[/quote]
It's true and unfortunate. I would always value a job with real consequences as work experience for a high schooler, but those jobs don't seem to get kids into college or coveted internships. Instead, the expectation is that kids are all publishing academic papers in HS. I sold books at a mall-type store in HS, and I ended up with a STEM PhD from Harvard. Nowadays, kids think (probably correctly) they need to be working at university lab in HS to do what I did.[/quote]

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