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Old 08-05-2011, 06:35 PM   #86
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One outrageous expectation I find from upcoming university grads is that once they graduate, they'll have an awesome 70K/year job right away. I've gotten to know a few recruiters on a more personal level and they've all told me that many new, fresh graduates out of university, when asked what the minimum salary they would take is, answer with 60K... sadly, most of these people end up waiting for that job that will never come, until they adjust their expectations to something a little more realistic, which to them, when it happens, is quite shocking.
If you go work for Goldman Sachs right out of post secondary you can make a lot more than $70,000/year.

Of course, the fact that so many students are doing that is contributing to a lot of other problems.
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