France's youth is struggling in a similar matter, especially the ones coming out of universities with so-called master degrees in "Litterature and Social Sciences".

The sad truth is that most didn't do a basic research about job market opportunities for their future degrees.

If they HAD, they would have found out that there's about a 1,000 job openings MAX per year in France for their degree in sociology, history and so on.

But the French U. are producing about 50,000 graduates a year in those fields (note: French U. are almost free for their students, about 200 USD tuition per year).
Which results into, surprise surprise..., massive unemployement among those graduates who cry "I deserve a job !".
And is the reason why those French U. are now nicknamed "jobless factories".

Getting a Master degree in a useless field, job market wise, is a true shame and costs tax-payers massive amounts (remember the tuition is almost free because the whole U. system is financed by the State, ie. by us tax-payers).

And that really p... me off for sure.

While we can't find qualified employees in environmental friendly energy technologies which are truly booming.

It's a bit more complex than one would expect but nothing like a master degree.

To install solar panels on a roof, you need an employee trained and certified in :
- electrical installation
- plumbery (ie. copper pipes and connections for the fluid)
- work on roofs (for safety and legal reasons).
Same goes for Heat Pumps, Wind Mills, etc.

Any youth choosing that path is ensured to get a job ASAP.

But it's so unsexy, isn't it ?

So they rather waste 4 years of their life to get a master degree in English Litterature and end up with a MacJob.

Grrrr....

/salute

PS : I blame Xzin for creating this trolling run 8)