The DISadvantage of an abroad education
- You didn't have the time to build a social network involving people who might leak crucial, internal information about job opportunities, available to your friends going to domestic university. I suppose it might take at least a year or so, if you are very socially active, to be integrated again after 4 years away.
- You didn't have the time to volunteer, work as intern during university and most companies/organizations select from this pond of applicants for a new opening position before turning their interest to outsiders.- Ridiculously high expectation and therefore psychological pressure from family for a well-paid job, because you know, you have a good education and we have spent a lot on you.
- Implicit discrimination from employers who have a so-so degree and hesitant to hire you for fear of not paying a deserving salary
- You receive less/or no help from family, because of the over-confidence that with such a great degree, you can manage yourself, unlike your sister who was aided with a big fund to buy her way in a job because her education didn’t cost that much
- Your work experience is irrelevant at best, and untrustworthy at worst. People can’t verify your claim, and virtually can’t contact your references. You present some names they are ultimately unfamiliar with, and lose the battle if there is someone with experience in some domestic well-known companies.
- I am going crazy because everyday someone will ask whether I have made any progress in job hunting. My dad has commented how I have spent a large amount of his money. My grandfather has said if I had chosen another field, like banking or computer science, there would be no trouble finding a job now. My aunt has complained that I shouldn’t be unemployed like this. And friends always ask if I have found a job every time we talk. Im seriously going crazy.
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Chị ơi thay vì viết ra những disadvantage, chị thử viết một list advantage đi.
Chị đừng nghĩ sociology là irrelevant với VN. Em thấy nó quan trọng lắm, bởi vì nó sẽ đưa ra giải quyết cho nhiều vấn đề, mà vấn đề đó có thể chính người trong cuộc còn không nhận ra.
Em thấy có cô học MA về anthropology mà giờ về làm bên social entrepreneurship nè chị (Phạm Kiều Oanh, CSIP, http://csip.vn, văn phòng Hà Nội). Vì vậy nói thẳng ra là VN cần tiền, nhưng em sẽ cố gắng giữ một thái độ bình tĩnh tới tiền, lấy nó để mà get things to move.