Q. This may sound stupid, but I pretty much have no social intelligence whatsoever. If I want to apply for a job at Toy R Us or PetSmart, do I just ask anyone who works there for a job application or is there a certain person I should ask who works there? Situations like these create more anxiety for me.
A. You could usually just ask anyone. If in case they're not the right person to ask then I'm sure they'll redirect you to the right person. You could also apply online. Snagajob.com is a pretty good site if you're looking to work in retail. Indeed.com is a good site too since it has job postings from all the different job boards and career sites out there. You could also go directly to the website of the place you wanna work for and they'll most likely have a section for applicants.
Is becoming an investor a good career path for someone with asperger syndrome?
Q. I am 17 years old, I suffer from asperger syndrome, I have a strong interest in the stock market, I would like to become an investor in it to try and get wealthy if I can. Is this a good career path for someone like me?
A. If you're really a virtuoso in money, operation, finance, investments, business and all that, than I say YES! It's a possibility. But there is just one catch. It depends on your level of understanding the social norms of the place of business or even the business' culture. Your need to have the information exact and correct all the time is really important to you, depending on how you think, interpret, and process information compared to anybody else. You'd really have to explain your struggles in life (difficulty with certain tasks, difficulty with relating to fellow peers, difficulty increasing your verbal communication abilities at a maximum level like fellow peers, issues with certain situations or whatsoever, whatever your disorder has that holds roadblocks and limits your ways of getting out in life and doing other things.) so that we can understand you and let you know what you need to outgrow your weaknesses. Depending on what state you live in, you'll have to discuss with your parents about possibilities for summer job opportunities that have to do with money and all that. If you're gonna go to college and study money and business and whatever has to do with the stock market, it requires strong studying and reading in order to prepare yourself for the path you intend to follow. You may be an excellent reader, but technically, it depends on whether or not you get distracted easily. You may have to read about the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and articles talking about stock markets. Read the TIME Magazines, read articles discussing the economic crisis and what Obama's doing to pass laws or do anything to provide us good money and welfare. Also, read about the businesses that are shutting down (like Toyota, Honda, and other cars; Toys R Us, other places). Take some accounting / business / money related classes (if you're still in high school, or if you're on your way to college). If you struggle with verbal communication, than read some books, including learn some new words, and observe what other people say. You may have a good memory in hearing other people speak. I'm just saying keep it up and try and learn more in order to prepare yourself.
What's the difference between a bachelor and associate degrees?
Q. Looking to earn a degree in fashion merchandising, probably from the Art Institute of Seattle or the IADT. Both offer bachelor's and associate degrees, so which one will give me a better chance to make a career for myself?
A. As far as AI: Save the effort. The Art Institutes are Open enrollment and just an overpriced degree mill. Here's the deal and I've been saying it for a long time.
What you do is your choice, but do your research! If its one of the Art Institutes run by EDMC, avoid them like a plague. They're open enrollment, they take ANYONE. Their "helpful"
enrollment advisers, are just sales people. They are trained to find your pain points/twist the subject to convince you. AI spends more money trying to lure people in than educating them.
If you ask me, they're an elaborate corporate scam to funnel as many
Government Pell grants and guaranteed loans out of students as they
can and leave the students with the bill.
They're like McDonald's of Art "Colleges". They're a chain that is
popping up everywhere. They buy out dying schools, rename them, keep
the accreditation.
They may seem like they would be good, but it is all smoke and
mirrors. Pretty building with pretty computers. Meanwhile, it will
just ruin your life.
The market demand they say they're meeting is not the demand of the
Job market, its the demand of the students. Students that graduated AI
are struggling to get jobs and have over more than $50,000+ or
$90,000+ in debt depending on what degree they went for. Degrees that
are worthless in the job market. They roll out programs that just
catch the eye of what is hot in the students mind. There is no value
in the job market. You will LITERALLY be a starving artist if you go
through their programs. Their advertising hints at success/fame, but
its just debt and nothing but debt.
Their top employers are retail outlets and contract jobs that do not last long enough to pay
for the loans you incur. http://www.artinstitutes.edu/career-services/top-employers.aspx They're counting jobs that aren't related to
the field. Their job leads are bogus, they go to Monster, Craigslist,
and career builder just like everyone else. Their top employer is HOME
DEPOT (Check their own website) and I guarantee none of those are art
jobs. If they are legit, it's funny, they haven't changed their "top employers" since before 2005. In this changing economy that alone should seem fishy.
Basically, AI is a degree mill. They use bloated success stats and
circle logic to back them up.
They count students working at Toys R Us as in the field. Avoid them
if you want to actually have a decent future.
If you really want to pursue your passion, go to a community college,
study fine art, and then transfer into a state school. It will be
cheaper and the money you save you can buy your own equipment and
STILL have money left over for a better future.
Don't make the same mistake my friends and I did. We'll be paying for
it for the rest of our lives.
If you go with AI you'll be folding clothes at Target or hawking video
games at Toys R Us or some other unrelated field for $8.25 an hour and
struggling to pay $90,000 with bill collectors haunting your every
waking moment with no way to stop them because there is no bankruptcy
protection on Student loans.
You will be trapped for the rest of your life in debt that has no
consumer protections and ruin any and all chances at a normal
productive future. The only students you will see defending these schools are CURRENT students that are under deferment that don't know how much they're paying/they will be stuck with and how the job market really is for artists. You will not see many past students defending AI.
IT IS NOT worth it to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a career that will not pay anywhere near that. You will just be dooming yourself to debt.
is the Art Institute of Denver a good school for a start in the gaming industry?
Q. I have been looking into the Art Institute of Denver for a long while now, for I've been looking into the video game industry, specifically, the creative branch of the industry (i.e modeling, concept, animation, design, etc.). Would the Art Institute of Denver be a recommended school for getting a steady career in game design? If not, what school would be recommended for this kind of field? Preferably, a campus, not an online school.
A. If its one of the Art Institutes run by EDMC (all of them that use the
AI logo), avoid them like a plague. They're not an art school
employers take seriously. They're open enrollment, they take ANYONE.
They just want the financial aid from the government that you are
entitled to. The government is now suing them for 11 Billion Dollars which could wipe them off the map easily. They also got hit with ANOTHER lawsuit claiming the same thing!
If you ask me, they're an elaborate corporate scam to funnel as many
Government Pell grants and guaranteed loans out of students as they
can and leave the students with the bill.
They're like McDonald's of Art "Colleges". They're a chain that is
popping up everywhere. They buy out dying schools, rename them, keep
the accreditation.They create programs designed for impulse buyers and quick hits aka uninformed students.
They may seem like they would be good, but it is all smoke and
mirrors. Pretty building with pretty computers. Meanwhile, it will
just ruin your life.
The market demand they say they're meeting is not the demand of the
Job market, its the demand of the students. Students that graduated AI
are struggling to get jobs and have over more than $50,000+ or
$90,000+ in debt depending on what degree they went for. Degrees that
are worthless in the job market.
Basically, AI is a degree mill, a total debt factory. They use bloated success stats and
circle logic to back them up.
They count students working at Toys R Us as in the field. Avoid them
if you want to actually have a decent future.
If you really want to pursue your passion, go to a community college,
study fine art, and then transfer into a state school. It will be
cheaper and the money you save you can buy your own equipment and
STILL have money left over for a better future.
Their job leads are bogus, they go to Monster, Craigslist, and career
builder just like everyone else. Their top employer is HOME DEPOT
(Check their own website) and I guarantee none of those are art jobs.
Don't make the same mistake my friends and I did. We'll be paying for
it for the rest of our lives.
If you go with AI you'll be folding clothes at Target or hawking video
games at Toys R Us for $8.25 an hour and struggling to pay $90,000+
with bill collectors haunting your every waking moment for the REST OF
YOUR LIFE with no way to stop them because there is no bankruptcy
protection on Student loans.
Please please please make sure you check out these news articles
below. Many are accounts from students, staff, and teachers of AI.
Feel free to check YELP ("Filtered results" as well.)
What you do with this information is your choice, I just want to make
sure you know everything before listening to one of their recruiters
sales pitch. Remember, they're paid sales people. Not your friend.
College may be expensive but what these guys are pulling is straight
out highway robbery.
Below is a few news articles about different AI's around the country. They're all pulling the same thing. They're FLOODING the market with jobless students willing to work for low money.
Its EDMC's business model.
You will NOT make enough to back the loans. They know this. They just want the government money they can pull in your name.
Decide for yourself.
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