Millennials don't want to be coddled, they want jobs!

[EmeraldCityGrl]

37. What you say is true with

a variety of reasons why. Most importantly, things have changed and will never go back to the way they were.

In the seventies when I started out a college degree was absolutely necessary for certain professions, but
many companies offered on the job training. A friend in Cedar Rapids, Ia. applied for a position in the factory
of a major defense contractor. She was a H.S. graduate and after evaluating her, placed her in the buying
department. She now has a high paying management position running an important department. Great
pension blah, blah, blah. That would NEVER happen today.

There also wasn't the nepotism we see today.
Some kid graduating from Wharton with a father/mother working on Wall Street is going to be guaranteed
a high paying job just through their parents connections. Many of these kids are not especially brilliant but
the "it's not what you know but who you know " applies today more than ever. Look at Jenna Bush and
Luke Russert both with cushy jobs at NBC.

Even professions like Law and Medicine that guaranteed a successful future no longer can be depended on.
Working for the large corps are probably going to find you spending your life in a cubicle with little opportunity
for upward mobility.

I know this sounds cliche, but discover what you love and start doing it. The money and opportunity
will come. While the older generation had a much easier time finding employment, many people spent
their lives in jobs they hated. They stayed for the security and the pension, but many were miserable
and if given the opportunity may have made other choices.