September 7th Weekly Blog

No matter what you want to do in with your life, I guarantee you will need an education to do it…… you can not drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You got to train for it, and work for it, and learn for it.

President Barack Obama

September 8, 2009



The economy is in turmoil. Even with an advanced degree with 10 years of experience it took me seven months to find a job; and I applied for about 30 jobs daily. That’s my way to say, it ain’t easy. The game has changed; it is no long checkers- it is a chess match and you are competing against Bobby Fischer on his best day. Strategy is the name of game and your Trompowsky Attack opening must lead to a checkmate in a few moves. Your d4 pawn opening move is an education. Education is a form of discrimination, and it’s legal. You must have that piece of paper on your wall. Resumes with earned degrees go into one pile and non-degrees go into the other. I have seen it many times. You must have an education or some form of training. The bottom line is Education = Money; it is cliché, but it is the nature of the beast. Having a degree puts you one step ahead in the game and helps to create opportunities that may not otherwise have been available to you. But what does a degree say? Does it say that you are capable of doing a job better? No. Does it say that you are better prepared? Maybe. To me, it says that you have some knowledge in a specific field of study and that you started a goal and saw it through despite obstacles coming from every corner. Employers give preference to those types of candidates and offer higher salaries.



If you need advice or assistance in educational decision making, please contact me at kj@kevinejames.com. Have a great week and remember, NO EXCUSES.



Video link- Obama urges students to work hard, stay in school



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