Blaming young adults and families is unfair. Many institutions need to be held to account for advertising outcomes which don't materialise for their students.
However long it would take me to find a tank of nitrogen to strap to my face for happy sleep time.
My post apocalypse strategy - and the only way to avoid prolonged suffering - is suicide on day 1.
Turns out that's not a good dinner party answer.
Unfortunately it seems there are no consequences for the universities, and it's not hard to make those qualifications seem both alluring and lucrative.
There's got to be a way to hold them to account for the countless graduates who don't end up finding industry positions.
In my experience, good candidates (including interns/juniors) are still landing the roles. Hiring in tech/design/product is tough because there's a deluge of applicants who've either coasted during the boom, or been sold a lie by an educational institution.
You can spot the ones who apply for 40 jobs a week, and those who've used chatGPT a mile off, and they're usually the worst candidates, with long, bland, unfocused resumes.
LinkedIn is full of my worst ex-colleagues bemoaning the lack of opportunities, like they're entitled to it.
Please tell me if I'm being unfair. Maybe I should be less cynical.
A shameful culprit IMO was the Kermode and Mayo film review. Two wealthy broadcasters (one extremely wealthy) who left the BBC, created an objectively worse show, half of which immediately went behind a paywall. Then they started voicing atrocious adverts and wingeing that people should pay so they could keep the lights on.
They could easily have experimented with a Patreon, but the arrogance was clear.
The only upside was that I felt no pain in dropping them like a stone, but I do miss the old show and never found a good replacement.
My kids are 3 (girl) and 7 (boy), here are a few low effort things things that would win mine over:
If you want them to like you, you really just have to get down to their level and show genuine interest, or ask to join in. If that all sounds too much, then maybe it's not going to happen.
If successful, you might need to gently set some boundaries... But hopefully you form a nice bond with them. You don't have be an extrovert for kids to like you - I'm a firm introvert, and kids seem to gravitate towards me, like cats.
It doesn't sound like you messed up your marriage, but aside from that, your wording does not sound like you even want the relationship to survive.
For goodness sake, get financial and legal advice, no matter what you decide. And be careful what you say in regards to finances and accepting blame for things.
As for age, older folk seem to do better than your average middle aged divorced-with-kids...
I know what you mean, but it would depend on my current situation. Assuming I've had to find another job with short notice (and I'm still in my probation period) it could be a great opportunity to leverage a massive pay increase, then spend the next year planning a proper move.
I wouldn't list it as separate employment on my CV, unless I knew it was going to be scrutinised, in which case, it's easily explained and reflects pretty well - they wanted me back.
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