greybeard
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I have a fear of an over engineered building.
It's a complex complex complex.
It's a complex complex complex.
This is exactly why those program require a 1 year internship before they can graduate.One of my jobs was to mentor new engineers. We only hired the top 10% out of TAMU and Georgia Tech primarily.
These were great kids but it made you wonder sometimes who in their life taught them to breathe. I was supposed to give them real life experience to go with the book knowledge.
Seems like a good way to identify and weed out the ones that aren't very bright and are inclined to signup for a job that doesn't pay.Internships are a mixed bag.
In 2021 43% of internships with for profit companies were unpaid - obvious advantage for the company - but for students?
41% of unpaid interns did not receive a job offer at the end of their internship and of those who did 50% of the time the offer was less than that offered to new graduates. 74% of all interns were female, but they were overrepresented in unpaid internships at 81%
The conclusion of the study by Harvard Business Review found no significant career difference or in earnings between doing an unpaid internship and fellow graduates with no internship experience.
paid internships - yes
unpaid internships - no
Or working their system of faculty connections to provide a pipeline of student workers, who mistakenly trust faculty advisors with little real experience, when they are told it will be good experience to advance their careers.Seems like a good way to identify and weed out the ones that aren't very bright and are inclined to signup for a job that doesn't pay.
Or a system for employers to sort out the good ones from the ones who really shouldn't have gone to college. At my old job I was in charge of recruiting interns. The last two administrators started out as interns. This was true of a lot of the staff. But we also had a number of interns who should have been ditch diggers.Or working their system of faculty connections to provide a pipeline of student workers, who mistakenly trust faculty advisors with little real experience, when they are told it will be good experience to advance their careers.
Paid or unpaid interns?At my old job I was in charge of recruiting interns. The last two administrators started out as interns.
But we also had a number of interns who should have been ditch diggers.
You can make really good money digging if you're willing to work on the right of way.Or a system for employers to sort out the good ones from the ones who really shouldn't have gone to college. At my old job I was in charge of recruiting interns. The last two administrators started out as interns. This was true of a lot of the staff. But we also had a number of interns who should have been ditch diggers.
Especially if you're doing it with a big track hoe or dozer.You can make really good money digging if you're willing to work on the right of way.
Home improvement trenching $400-$1200 per 100 ft and 50/50 split between equipment and laborYou can make really good money digging if you're willing to work on the right of way.
"Permits are for chumps." - Eddie Haskell as Wally's contractor in short run tv show - Still the Beaver.and homeowner buys all permits.
Unpaid. It varied a lot. Some times there was an interview and screened them. Other times it was a live body who showed up. The good hard working interns who were intelligent and did the job which we didn't have available space for I reached out to my contacts to line them up with jobs. At the very least I wrote them stellar recommendations. Others you had to wonder how they were graduating from college.Paid or unpaid interns?
What do you think was missing from the interview process that failed to screen them out?
Or was it more recruiting than interviewing?
But they have a choice to sign up right? And these are adults we're talking about. That whole "college kid" thing is a misnomer. Handholding a 20+yo is ridiculous. Being in college doesn't absolve you of personal responsibility.Or working their system of faculty connections to provide a pipeline of student workers, who mistakenly trust faculty advisors with little real experience, when they are told it will be good experience to advance their careers.
Kind of irrelevant, really. It's also an individual's responsibility not to get scammed or defrauded but we still punish the perpetrators. Also, you only have the experience that you have in this life and the experience threshold for the average college kid has dropped like a rock in a slop pail, so there is something of an implied moral imperative to not fleece the little shites too badly.But they have a choice to sign up right? And these are adults we're talking about. That whole "college kid" thing is a misnomer. Handholding a 20+yo is ridiculous. Being in college doesn't absolve you of personal responsibility.
I agree to a point. In a lot of cases they are getting a pitch by their college or it may even be required. There is a fine line between gaining experience in a company "partnered" with your college and being sold a line. Who doesn't love a partnership with unlimited free free labor, right?But they have a choice to sign up right? And these are adults we're talking about. That whole "college kid" thing is a misnomer. Handholding a 20+yo is ridiculous. Being in college doesn't absolve you of personal responsibility.
I knew a heat & air guy once who was like that. His business had the reputation for being the best. He could solve any issue and instruct his guys how to do it the best way, but if he physically done anything, it looked like amateur work.Use to work with a man that could fix any problem , in his head…just don't let him touch it..