So supposing someone doesnt have enough finances to be able to go to Uni. What alternatives can they look at to start their career?
Someone mentioned Apprenticeships and internships .. But is that a good enough route? Or is there a better way of achieving a good start to a career?
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theres a scheme that came in where the youth are provided with apprenticeships. Theyre unpaid but its to "boost your self esteem". How condescending is that?? Lol. No pay. But we'll go to the bank to see if our self esteem has been paid in yet. Youre broke as hell but you feel great lol. Pound stretcher were the first ones to sign upto this scheme. Working at pound stretcher. Where everything is worth a quid....except you
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in Canada, we have community colleges where skills are taught. the students get paid as well with grants/bursaries. we also have programs that get you experience needed to get a job. it's 50% funded by the government. under this program, an employer hires a person and trains them to work on a job to gain experience. they have to pay half of the cost of hiring him. the employer after the training period usually hires the person.
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theres a scheme that came in where the youth are provided with apprenticeships. Theyre unpaid but its to "boost your self esteem". How condescending is that?? Lol. No pay. But we'll go to the bank to see if our self esteem has been paid in yet. Youre broke as hell but you feel great lol. Pound stretcher were the first ones to sign upto this scheme. Working at pound stretcher. Where everything is worth a quid....except you
I do feel though even apprenticeship helps in many ways .. just look at it this way.. they are letting an individual shadow professionals and watch them work , they are also letting the individual experience the work environment , they are in a way providing you some form of training as well that will prepare you for a potential job ..
In a way alot of kids dont even get this little opportunity. I do feel that apprenticeships really really help because firstly if you make a mistake , which is bound to happen in first time jobs, you wont get fired ! there is always a high tolerance level for accepting mistakes and learning curve for training jobs .. but if you were in a paid role, no business tolerates mistakes. If they are to pay a person and also train them from scratch, that can mount to hefty costs ..
I think not paying the apprenticeship is also because of the market conditions that we are in since a few years now .. every business is fighting recession and literally making so much effort to get through difficult times without being hit hard ...
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in Canada, we have community colleges where skills are taught. the students get paid as well with grants/bursaries. we also have programs that get you experience needed to get a job. it's 50% funded by the government. under this program, an employer hires a person and trains them to work on a job to gain experience. they have to pay half of the cost of hiring him. the employer after the training period usually hires the person.
I like this concept. Although we have different schemes going on , on paper here in the UK, we dont see the implementation of them as much ..
Large companies like KPMG and few others did take the lead in initiating programmes for School Drop outs .. but I still dont know if they are actually getting any benefit out of it as a business .. as a student , definitely there is immense value in being trained by a top company and high chances of them getting hired in them at some point in life ..
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Are online degrees any good? They cost a lot less and some are for free.
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In UK ... ther is a concept of students loan where students who r financially not stable get loan from gov and later on when they complete the degree n starts job .. pay it back in installments ...
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Saeed , definitely online degrees are an alternative to expensive Uni study .. Plus a person can focus on working as well along with studying , thats a very strong alternative actually ..
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Are online degrees any good? They cost a lot less and some are for free.
When you begin looking for an online program, you need to pay close attention to the accreditation of the school you’re considering. In the early days of online education, many ‘diploma mills’ sprang up to take advantage of unsuspecting students. These institutions had no real accreditation as educators, and graduating the programs meant little in the end. Accreditation is given only to respected, trusted educational institutions and is handed out by regional or national organizations depending upon the type of school in question. Some, such as The Distance Education and Training Council, offer a more generalized but nonetheless important accreditation to online schools.
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absolutely true , thanks so much for sharing that valuable piece of info ,lifesgood