Top 10 Mistakes Young Educated Canadians Make .

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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor

Emily, like many other University Educated Young Canadians wonder why they are not making "Big Money".
Big Money their parents earned in the 1980's, as a Nurse and Traffic Controller.

Now these Young Canadians find themselves living back at home frustrated that salaries do not adequately reflect their skill sets, believing a University Degree meant a lifetime of success and money.  Further believing in Polls and Statistics through the ages, which state that University Graduates stand to make one to two million dollars more over their working life than a person with just a High school diploma.

Emily truly believed her Sociology degree meant success and Big Money.  Well, for one, if Emily had practised what she learned with the Sociology degree she would have realised as a Sociologist, some degrees like Sociology  just aren't in demand in the marketplace as her parents skillsets as a nurse and air traffic controller, skillsets always in demand.  Emily took a different career path. Silly Emily !!

A few more things come to mind why Young Canadians are at a loss to explain this salaryless phenomenom. Perhaps I can help explain it for them:

Here's a Top Ten list of mistakes Young Canadian believe:

• Believing in Polls which state Degrees mean more money, never worked in an Alberta Oil Patch alongside high school grads making 80-120K  a year as a oil worker labourer.
• Earning degrees as useful in the marketplace as Buggy Whip Makers.
• Looking for that Ivory Tower Office with the view on day one.
• Wanting to start at the top, instead of working for it.
• Taking University course credits in "Homer Simpson" and failing to realise prospective employer may not be as "Groovy" as you!
• Failing to choose a real University offering real courses, and reject Colleges offering Homer Simpson style classes.
• Outsourcing jobs is good for you, apparently NOT!
• Not traveling to where the jobs are, then wondering why employers in your town of Skeeterville (pop 100) are not calling you!
• Trades Schools and Apprenticeships are for Dummies. 
• And the Number one Mistake you believe in.......
• Straight A's and no work experience during University are not as valuable when University students with solid B and C averages combine part time work and experience to pay for their education.

In ending, though most BC employers sometimes insist on people devoting Volunteer work as part of the life experience, actual paid work experience speaks volumes.

Showing up for an Interview with with "Tatoos and Multiple Face Tackle piercings", may not be a good idea, unless your are applying for a job as a "Tatoo Artist in a Bait and Tackle Shop".

Most fail to realise the "Centre of the Universe" is not the security and three square meals taken in your parents basement.  Quit whining, get off your ass, move to where the jobs are, any job, and work hard for your successes, just like your parents did.