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Latest job-search finding: a B.A. Degree required - for job as a school janitor?!?!? Sheesh.

Posted: Sep 08, 2012

If I went through all the work, time and expense to have a Bachelor's Degree, I'd be pretty ticked off if that's all I could get with it.

Still, that janitor's job paid a lot better than MT - something like $18-20/hour. That's why I looked.

Janitor - why?

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Is that work beneath your dignity level or ego? I have a bachelor's degree, and if I could make that much being a janitor, heck yes, I'd take it. They probably give benefits to top! You don't just go to college for money. There is such a thing as the beauty of learning and the opportunity of doing so. Work is work.

Janitor - Why? - vintagefine

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I think the poster's disgust was that this job required a B.A. Degree, not that it was beneath her.

Exactly. Janitor is usually an entry level job, like - mailroom clerk or parking valet. sm

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And try going on a job-search engine and type in "entry level". What you get are all these jobs wanting 2-5 years' experience. Whaaa....? If you've done a job 5 years, doesn't that make you just a little bit BEYOND "entry level?"

I didn't janitor work was beneath me. I just don't have - the necessary education, I guess.

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(And what you got against ho's?)

sigh - ! (Insert the word "say" after the word "didn't".) - 2 Tired 2 Type 2Night

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dontbelieveyou - seriously

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Prove this one. It doesn't make sense unless there are circumstances you aren't sharing. A BS degree REQUIRED? I would apply, though, I have one! LOL Nothing wrong with an honest day's work to me. But, the job duties simply do not match education required. Maybe you read incorrectly.

It won't matter if you come back and defend yourself. You would have to prove this one.

I don't have to prove anything to you. If you don't - believe whats posted, then dont read it.

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PS: The job was in Dublin, CA. Look it up your own haughty self.

no need to get touchy - not sure I believe either

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maybe you misunderstood the ad.

I believe it - SassyMT

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I remember a job posting a while back for an office clerk position. You need a BA, 5 years experience and they were paying $10.

Is it a janitor at a college? Would have to be smarter to clean - that smarter dirt. nm

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