Someone who repeats the same conservative bromides that talk radio has been pedaling for a half century accompanied by approving social media comments? Yeah, she's really curing cancer.
@user-dt4fp5bh4d No, it means get the full use of your resources. If you are going to spend time or money doing something, you might as well do it in a way that maximally benefits you. Where those resources come from is beside the point in this context.
I went to college, but I literally worked full-time while doing so. It was either that or take out student loans that I knew I couldn't afford. So I buckled down and worked 40 hours a week and went to my courses. But I didn't get a degree, mine was a certificate program, it still took two years, being a paramedic
I didn’t go to college, I got a truck instead and picked up pine needles for $900 a day sometimes and $3500/week other times for other jobs. And I never paid taxes
It took me 6 years to finish a 4 year degree because I worked to put myself through, even well before college started. That also meant I had a decent starter resume when I left college.
Brett, you did a video on color palettes that make your features pop. Finding the right color palette for you. I just want to say that blouse really works for you. IT highlights your features beautifully.
This is so true. I was that student who never had internships I never even had a job before I got out of college. I was an excellent student 3.7 GPA in electrical engineering but not an excellent interviewer and so that lead me high a dry when I started applying. Most people would right me off entirely on the fact I had never worked before while the ones who did give me interviews never lead to positions. My friends with much worse GPAs than me who had internships ended up having a way easier time finding work after they graduated. It took me 3 years to finally get employed as an engineer but I had to fight all the way to the top. Started working at Lowe’s just so I had work experience, then took an assembly job at an engineering company, moved to a a different role at the same company that required more technical skills, then finally was able to find a job as an engineer with all that.
Absolutely true! Thank you so much Brett. You have inspired my so much! I am 17 years old and I am so excited that today I finally got a job thanks to your videos inspiring me to do so! I am also going to a school to prep for the workforce and gain expirience! Now I can build money before going to college to avoid being $80,000 in debt!
College is valuable if you are able to use the resources around you that will put you in the best position to succeed. This is why I recommend young people to study and do research on which college is right for them. Not all colleges provide the right education or environment for everybody.
I got a degree in Graphic Design, and while I don't regret it because of the valuable skills and software I learned, my internship revealed that there is often a BIG difference between the classroom and the workforce. I thankfully learned enough that when my first job fell apart (my boss was a corrupt, psychopath tyrant), I was able to try starting my own independent practice. I'm hoping I can make it, but it's rough out here with the bad economy. Kids really need to know what they're doing as much as possible before entering college.
@@thunderbird1921It is like that for most jobs, however college serves a purpose in building a foundation to begin those careers. While I can’t necessarily relate to a graphics design program, I studied accounting in college. Doing the work isn’t the same as what I performed in college, however college definitely provided me with the tools and knowledge on the subject to be successful. Without learning this information, I would have no idea how to perform my job. Internships also help during college. They help you apply stuff from the classroom to the job, so I would definitely recommend getting as many as possible during college.
As soon as I turned 16 (minimum age to get hired at local jobs, I got a job and I worked my junior and senior year of high school while also being on a varsity sport, involved in several societies/clubs, and maintaining a 4.0 GPA. I was told very young by my parents that working during high school would look good on my college resume as it shows I can multitask. In college, I’ve continued to work while studying (switched from doing regular jobs to paid internships in my field of study) because I figured out very early on in my freshman year that many students graduate with no work experience and I didn’t want that happening to me. I’m now entering my senior year of college with already work experience since the age of 16 and specifically four years working in a job/internship in my field of study. I feel very grateful that my parents supported me rather than trying to stop me from working and studying since my best friend’s parents did that and now he’s struggling managing a job and school
That’s amazing. I wish I had that chance growing up. I had parents that loved us but didn’t really want kids and they weren’t the best role models for our hopes of a successful future. I started working under the table at 11 just to buy my own shoes because I wouldn’t have them otherwise. The dysfunction runs deep but it makes my heart happy to see people like you thriving.
My parents screwed up a lot more than most. They were/are both abusive drug addicts. But I will always give credit where credit is due. They did do somethings right. I had my first kid job (dog walker) at 10, my first real job at 14, and "do not ever get student loans" but verbally beaten into me for years. So I can thank them for those things at least. 💛
@@KeithOlson Agreed. Even though there was a lot of bad thay went on I think they were determined for me to have a better life/make better choices than they did. And for that, I am forever grateful because not everyone can say the same. 💛
@@MalignDreams ...and I am *_UNBELIEVABLY_* joyful for you and this chance for you to have what they never did; a life that is more worth the living than they had. I strongly encourage you to get counselling to gain the life skills and knowledge that they were never taught and so couldn't teach you. (I'm doing that in my fifties, and it is heartbreaking to learn things that could have helped my children to become more than me if I had only known them at the time.)
@@KeithOlson Awww, you're just so sweet thank you so much!!! ☺ I'm in my thirties, but luckily I got into therapy in my mid-twenties, and still see one occasionally for check ins. And I just got married a month and a half ago! And I have an amazing best friend who has taught me so, so, much. He's older than me and he's been like a big brother figure (I'm a girl). He's protected me like a brother would and he even taught me how to drive and work on stuff on my car and around my apartment! I'm still learning skills all the time but I've come so far. I've forgiven my parents for their wrong doings but I've also thanked them for the things they did right. And I try to stay humble and remember that although yes, they were always high and pretty abusive at times they did still care about me even if it was only in the way they could, and I always could have had it worse and I am very, very, blessed!! 💛 And take it easy on yourself, you're only human and there are things you just didn't know. But it's not too late! You can still teach your children things now. Forgive yourself and if you have grandchildren pass that wisdom and knowledge on to them too!! 🫂😊💛
I am 25 years old. I started volunteering and applying for interships at 15 years old. I made connections, gained valuable skills and learned how to navigate the labor market. I did not go to a good school (the average graduation rate was 25%, most freshman wouldn’t make it to become a senior), I grew up below the poverty rate, and my parents did not speak English. Without those experiences I would have never been able to land a decent career straight out of high school which then led to a starting a fruitful business.
When I originally got into Nursing School , I knew I needed to get a job as a CNA/PCT/Tech and I did. Throughout Nursing School as I told my friends that they needed to get a job and healthcare to gain the experience and to get a foot in the door in a unit or hospital or specialty that you really want to be in. Of course, some listened and some didn't a lot of the people I told this advice to who didn't take it are now graduated without a nursing job (all the nursing jobs are taken up at this point) for me I'm a specialty I love and I wanted. I always thought it was so ridiculous how nobody took this advice.
Dude, this is 100% true. I went to community college, then transferred to State College, and as soon as I had my associates degree I started applying to internships. I landed an internship that turned into a job out of college and worked every summer. Even if that hadn’t turned into a job, I would’ve had what I could call two years of work experience on my résumé. I definitely wasn’t the smartest kid at state college., but all the kids that were smarter than me graduated college without a job and I had one.
I had a part time job and a small business while doing my 4 year degree. Also had work placements in there. The world is getting to be a sad and scary place.
I'd be the first to say it: go into a trade...I guarantee you'll set yourself up for success in the long run, and you'll be able to take your experience with you, and there are some trades that don't necessarily require credits from trade school
@@numba1gearI definitely agree. My husband and I own a general contracting company and there is so much work due to a lack of skilled labor. Majority of our work is by word of mouth or through neighborhood apps like NextDoor. I think there’s this weird perception that trades pay less; we are averaging a monthly cash flow of $100k with just 3 employees and a few subcontractors.
I went to community college for a year but dropped out. It’s hard finding a job not even target or minimum wage jobs will get me I’m starting to think I’m cursed or something. What should I do instead? I feel so lost haha
@@invoice999 construction, welding, concrete work, electrical, engineering, auto mechanical work, HVAC, stuff like that...even commercial truck driving counts as such
Vocational School. Learned a trade. Worked in that trade for 17 years making a good living. Saved some money. Started own company. About 100 employees now and crushing it. Not starting out life with crushing debt, definitely helped.
From the UK, I left school at 15, got kicked out of college after 6 weeks which was a blessing in disguise as I went straight into work and by the time I was 20/21 I got a job in Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Could say I was lucky, however during the interview the manager asked me what makes me different as he had several applicants with degrees etc but I already had a 4/5 year head start. Not saying it’s the right thing to do and having a degree is always a bonus, but I can’t stress enough how important working from a young age is. I’ve since run teams in a few different sectors having only 3 A-C GCSE’s no a levels and no degrees.
That is so true unfortunately 😢. During my time at university, internships were never encouraged nor available. I certainly would go through higher education with a more proactive approach to set myself up for workplace success and not just gain a degree with no prospects at all. But God is good and He will redeem my short comings and I trust Him to lead me in the right career path to bring honour to His name 🙏
Something I’ve learned, if you really truly don’t know what you want to do in your life either go to a trade school OR go to college and study a hobby/passion while you figure it out. Because if you’re going to college, you at the very least have a bachelor’s degree in the end which, to many places, unless it’s something specific or specialized, is all you need. My dad got a degree in history (pretty useless) and now is a regional manager for a major company. Similar thing with my brothers
My college very much encouraged it! Most majors required an internship to graduate and some people did two! We always had career fairs and meetings and clubs. 🤷♀️
I am so happy I found the FFA Organization, forever will be grateful for my parents who pushed me to get in it. Everyone who has kids coming up to high school, get them in an FFA school! It teaches career success, personal growth, and leadership skills while focusing on agriculture. It set me up for sucess and I am working my dream job while in community college. Seriously something to look into!!
This is why I chose my University! The engineering college and the are college both have programs with required internships spliced in every other semester. It takes 5 years to graduate, but you’re still only taking 4 years worth of classes (this is because you take classes every other semester with an paid internship semester in between.) and you graduate with a year and a half experience in your field, all of the money you’ve saved if you’re responsible during your internship semesters and most people have a job lined up by graduation since they created relationships with multiple companies during their internships. This program is also optional for most of the other colleges within the university!
You also chose a study with a high earning potential. I can’t tell you how many students are disillusioned into thinking that they can study dance for four years and expect to make what an engineer would make first year out of school
@@Honey-nn2wy If someone is really out there believing that a dance degree would make the same money as an engineering degree, then I don’t think all the prep in the world could help them become successful after college.
I absolutely loved this episode/interview. I didn’t realize that there were other young women who have the same kind of mindset before I came across Brett and the comments on her videos.
I love that my college gives me the flexibility to work while pursuing my degree. Ive worked in my feild of study all throughout my collage experience and it's been so helpful. I wouldnt be nearly as prepared as I am now if I hadnt worked. Bonus, I've avoided student loan debt because I've been able to work through collage.
This economy is so bad I only work a part time job because I apply and no one calls back and the jobs that are full time pay less than what I make part time
Same. And I'm not even American. I studied for 5 years, got my Masters, didn't have to pay anything, because education is free where I live. My parents surpported me financially. And I still had jobs and internships. So did almost everyone around me.
Same. The only exception if make is for those in the medical field when you have to do clinicals. That said, I don't think it is fair for students to be essentially charged to do clinicals. If they are working, they should be getting paid.
I'm 47 and started working weekends at 11 washing up at a restaurant. By the time I left school I worked 9 to 5 5 days a week as a receptionist and 12 hr shifts sat and sun, doing laundry at an old people's home. My parents always said if you want something you work for it. I never just got given stuff. I had to work for everything. Kids now want everything handed to them and aren't willing to do menial jobs
I graduated last year but struggled with Lyme disease from 2019-2023. I kept to myself and graduated alone. I managed to pick up an internship on my way out. I feel so much better and I’m doing my insurance exams a year later. Wish I felt this good the past 3 years I would’ve loved to do more at college.
I admire how hard that you are working to incorporate a feminine look for yourself even though your mind feels like rejecting most of it. I just want you to know that you are rocking it totally!😊
I'm glad I set my children up for better. In their highschool they have a trade school program and because of my oldest showing them how easy/lucrative it is my other 2 kids are enrolled in that program.
My college very much encouraged it and had career fairs every semester specifically for internships and networking for post-graduation positions. Go to a STEM school ladies and gentlemen.
I was working right after highschool bc i did cosmetology simultaneously. It was something to 'fall back on' if college didnt work out OR it was to the job i would do while in college. Leaving high school with a skill was incredibly important to me. i remember quitting a sport bc i at 16 (I had a working permit) wanted to work so one day i could buy my own car. People looked down on me for it and i lost motivation for the goal at some point. But Im grateful i pushed for the trade before college. I was able to get a job sonner than other friends.
Take opportunities that others won’t. Minnesota has pseo available for juniors and seniors and it’s pretty easy to get into just a 2.6 gpa. I followed my mom and 2 older sisters foot steps into pseo. Now i already graduated at 16 and have an auto cad certificate and am getting a AA degree as well as my ged. Take the opportunities no one else will because you’ll benefit from it.
I am too but it’s not cause I want too but I have too my parents make me pay for anything that I want my car gas food school activities stuff like that
@321NOAH so in other words you're helping you're parents out with rent pretty much which is a normal adult thing get over it because it would cost you 5Xs as much if you lived by yourself 😂
I wish I n college..I was n mostly every program they had I said I didn't get home to like 6 or 7 pm everyday..I loved it...still at my 1st job 22 years later :) I miss college so much
I grew up with money being a stressor in my life. We even lived middle class lives. In high school I put a lot of effort into getting scholarships. I started private tutoring on the side when I was a junior in high school. In college I had a professor my first semester that told us that you need an internship before you graduate. And told us stories about a few students who graduated with no club involvement and no internships and they struggled to find a job. I took that as a threat to then go and hold 5 club officer positions in 3 years and find internships and scholarships lol. I had 2 internships over the summers and I continued tutoring on the side throughout college. I got enough scholarship money to pay for my master’s degree. Finding a good job was easy! I’ve been working for 3 years now
This is so true, I only got my job out of college, because the org I work for took part in one of my classes. Internships should be a requirement for all students @ the very least.
I went to university for Baking and Pastry arts. The university I went to promised we would have landed a job before we graduated or they would help set up interviews with their connection. Well my internship wasn’t hiring employees they only accepted internships that weren’t Paid. So i graduated and the college was helping me get information on jobs… they called me saying they had set me up with an interview to be a cake decorator. it was DAIRY QUEEN…. They got me a minimum wage job at Dairy Queen as a certified chef with the American Culinary Federation 🙃🙃🙃 the second job they had for me was Cold Stone Creamery 🥴🥴 However when we had to do our internship we had to pick 3 places and do an interview and everything then we weee told if we were accepted or not and choose which place we wanted which was awesome experience. But I had definitely been lied to by that college thinking I was going to get this amazing job as a Pastry Chef right out of college and it actually took 2 years after when I landed a Head Baker position with a university.
I completely went through a similar scenario. Push push push for college and higher degrees ((despite me working full time throughout) it’s an incredibly lost process , you don’t come out just getting work that you majored in. Myself, I needed to seek more degrees hence more money to obtain to get it, even still. After many years of experience.
In this day and age, trades are worth it over degrees. Even in construction, you can rise up to superintendent or foreman levels with no degrees. I personally do HVAC, it’s a money maker in South Texas. If you do HVAC, stick with commercial rather than residential.
It should be encouraged and facilitated but never mandatory. It is precisely because of the internship at the end of the culinary program that so many people were failing out. They made it a mandatory "class", and if you couldnt find a job, you would fail out and you wouldnt get your degree, essentially wasting all that money you paid to go to school in the first place
A good thing to consider for you high schoolers going to college is location of where you’re going. Bigger cities will have more opportunities generally.
I’m very thankful for the university I attend. They make all the freshman in my program take a course that has few assignments, only meets once a week, but basically just pushes you to shoot for getting internships, being active in student organizations, doing research with a mentor, etc. I’m two years into my program and even though that was the class I spent the least amount of time in, it’s been the most useful course I’ve taken so far
I’ve seen this too much. So many people are no longer being set up for success, and it’s sad. I’m currently a high school junior going on to my second year as a payed intern with the same person. I’ve learned so much that will benefit me in college and in my future career
I went to Sullivan university in Lexington Kentucky. We did extern ships ( we didn’t get paid for working) in the culinary arts field. Then they worked with you to help place as many new chefs as possible 😊
My accounting program at Washington state pushes internships and jobs like crazy! I feel like the business school is really set up to try to get kids ready to work early, which is nice. Can’t say the same for other colleges at the university though.
I worked during Covid at a recycling depot and the summer in my first year at a community college. After if got my 2 year diploma. I got a full time job and a small fixer upper for a first home. And I got to be close to family. It’s really sad the these steps are not encourage.
My brother just graduated college with a degree in anthropology, but no field experience, and no internship. Now it is a struggle to even get him to attempt to find a job.
I thought it was so cute how serious Brett was in this interview. You could tell she really wanted to be on and focused because she respects Dr. Peterson so much.
That's wild. When I attended a trade school for HVAC, the student services department made sure that graduates had interviews lined up for them. They even coached us on how to engage in an interview, using experience from recently-hired employees. They didn't guarantee we got hired, but they made damn sure we got interviews, and that was more than enough for me. I'm so grateful to have gone the blue collar route.
I started flunking my classes in late elementary school for two reasons. One was mental problems. The other was the fact that my parents treated it like it was no big deal, even though they yelled and lectured and fake-punished like it was.
The route I took was completing my degree while working in that field. Granted this took more time and can't be applied to all professions, but if you play your cards right it could be a good course of action. Heck, some employers will even pay for you to go get said degree.
I'm 60 and my first job was 13 y/o packing groceries at the supermarket (NYC) and putting them in people's cart so they roll on home. 100% tips from the buyers. It was a thing a kid could do. Go to s-market, wave a cashier, stand there and start working. Easy.
I worked from 14-18 at our local vet clinic literally starting by scooping poop. I learned a lot of skills over my time there that applied when I was in Nursing school. Then I had enough savings to not work my first 2 semesters, got married th summer before nursing school and then worked while in nursing school and lived in a crappy rental while my husband worked for $8/hr in the early 2000s. I came out with a Bachelor's and $2k in debt that I paid off with 2 paychecks.
Here is Aus, a lot of tertiary education either requires or supplies the opportunity to have work experience during a course. Even job listings that provide training will work with TAFE or other accredited institutions and either way you approach it, you're paid, offered overtime like any other employee, super annuation and days off. Pay isn't amazing but usually a company is sponsoring your education at the same time, still enough to put food on the table. Edit: forgot to put this in but yeah, if you live somewhere where that isn't typical, apply for a job in whatever field you study and tell them you're studying. I imagine if any business wants to succeed, they'd value the ones learning the trade. It's probably great experience to take back to class too
This is soooo true, K-12 teaches you that being passive is all you need to do but its not like that in college!! If you dont feel like getting an internship thats relating to your degree, then you're majoring in the wrong thing.
I got an AA at a junior college and have the same job as those who went to expensive universities. If I transferred to a university I would be in debt. Not have gotten 3 raises, and no experience yet so it worked out.
I was presented with an opportunity to have an internship with a great company when I was in college by my academic advisor, and it led to a full time job with that company and I have a career now making six figures. I had an excellent advisor. And that was just a 2 year technical associates degree.
I specifically went to Northeastern University because it was a 5 year program that included internships as part of the degree and I also worked part time jobs as a waitress and a clerk at a hardware store. I worked my butt off while in college. The only kids who didn’t work back then were the kids with rich parents lol which was most of my friends.
I heavily considered picking up a part time job while in college, until I got there. My schedule absolutely would not allow it. I was on campus, in classes, from 9am to 9pm with a 1 hour lunch break in the middle. (More detailed explanation: I did dual credit in high school to graduate with my associates alongside my high school diploma. I wanted to do graphic design, and since I had my general education and all prerequisites done, all I had left were the advanced classes, all of which are “studio” classes. Every studio class is two and a half hour long classes, no thirty or forty five minute classes. So if I took 4 studio classes a day, that is 10 hours of pure class time right there. So, to stay full time as a student to graduate on time and keep my scholarships, I was almost always full on classes.)
My older brother has a masters and bachelors and is thinking about a PhD. He didnt work in college, he lived with my parents and me, and he is now a mechanical engineer and he graduated without debt. Thats what my parents want for me. They understand i might not get there, but thats what they want my goal to be.
This is exactly why I went to a co-op university I graduated with two full years of experience as a engineer and had multiple job offeres apon graduation.
Insane how that's possible Idk how the rest of the Netherlands is, but my uni and especially my study among a few others are so extremely focused on getting you ready for work. Lots of them have mandatory internships almost all throughout the study. My uni lives by the idea of "Applied science" and "you learn in fhe workfield". My study took that so literally you have 2 days uni and 2 days internship. And the group project require you to work together with the workfield, with societial problems that the local government offers us to work on together with many different organisations
Working an internship will help you get a clue real quick if this is the career you want. You will find out what the pay is for your job when you graduate in your area pretty fast. You will still be in a position to change majors if you want to. Never knew a person who had an internship who had time to attend a protest.
My college advisor actively told me not to do internships. Senior year my advisor told me i wouldn't have a chance in the job market and recommended i get a Master's degree to be competitive. I realized then i was set up, and took my lumps in the job market.
In the UK🇬🇧 employers seek out the brightest students at job fairs. Pay their university 🎓tuition,and maintenance 💷..And guarantee them a job on graduation 🎓
Incredible young woman. Our country needs more women like you. Rock on Brett.
She ended up not needing or using any of it.
Someone who repeats the same conservative bromides that talk radio has been pedaling for a half century accompanied by approving social media comments? Yeah, she's really curing cancer.
She’s a pretty sell-🐟 person, so I disagree
Yes so incredible... Not sure what about this video makes her incredible though. Shes stating some obvious information.
@XxTh3Fall3nxX I know, some people can only find the terrible things in life. She's just a brilliant young lady. I find her to be exilerating.
"Suck the marrow out of it" is a metal turn of phrase. Be ruthless.
I didn’t catch that, that’s to good!
@user-dt4fp5bh4d No, it means get the full use of your resources.
If you are going to spend time or money doing something, you might as well do it in a way that maximally benefits you. Where those resources come from is beside the point in this context.
"sucking the marrow" is what Henry David Thoreau wrote in Walden about living life to its fullest.
I went to college, but I literally worked full-time while doing so. It was either that or take out student loans that I knew I couldn't afford. So I buckled down and worked 40 hours a week and went to my courses. But I didn't get a degree, mine was a certificate program, it still took two years, being a paramedic
At 54, I'm going back. But going to a state technical school for my 2nd associates, this time in computer networking.
And being contributing from day one!
I didn’t go to college, I got a truck instead and picked up pine needles for $900 a day sometimes and $3500/week other times for other jobs. And I never paid taxes
@@Recipe_For_Disaster_TV And now IRS has called their SWAT, coming in a no nock raid at 0600 hours a Sunday.
It took me 6 years to finish a 4 year degree because I worked to put myself through, even well before college started. That also meant I had a decent starter resume when I left college.
Brett, you did a video on color palettes that make your features pop. Finding the right color palette for you. I just want to say that blouse really works for you. IT highlights your features beautifully.
She now looks like she could star opposite Clark Gable. Huh.
This is so true. I was that student who never had internships I never even had a job before I got out of college. I was an excellent student 3.7 GPA in electrical engineering but not an excellent interviewer and so that lead me high a dry when I started applying. Most people would right me off entirely on the fact I had never worked before while the ones who did give me interviews never lead to positions. My friends with much worse GPAs than me who had internships ended up having a way easier time finding work after they graduated. It took me 3 years to finally get employed as an engineer but I had to fight all the way to the top. Started working at Lowe’s just so I had work experience, then took an assembly job at an engineering company, moved to a a different role at the same company that required more technical skills, then finally was able to find a job as an engineer with all that.
Absolutely true! Thank you so much Brett. You have inspired my so much! I am 17 years old and I am so excited that today I finally got a job thanks to your videos inspiring me to do so! I am also going to a school to prep for the workforce and gain expirience! Now I can build money before going to college to avoid being $80,000 in debt!
College is valuable if you are able to use the resources around you that will put you in the best position to succeed. This is why I recommend young people to study and do research on which college is right for them. Not all colleges provide the right education or environment for everybody.
I got a degree in Graphic Design, and while I don't regret it because of the valuable skills and software I learned, my internship revealed that there is often a BIG difference between the classroom and the workforce. I thankfully learned enough that when my first job fell apart (my boss was a corrupt, psychopath tyrant), I was able to try starting my own independent practice. I'm hoping I can make it, but it's rough out here with the bad economy. Kids really need to know what they're doing as much as possible before entering college.
@@thunderbird1921It is like that for most jobs, however college serves a purpose in building a foundation to begin those careers. While I can’t necessarily relate to a graphics design program, I studied accounting in college. Doing the work isn’t the same as what I performed in college, however college definitely provided me with the tools and knowledge on the subject to be successful. Without learning this information, I would have no idea how to perform my job. Internships also help during college. They help you apply stuff from the classroom to the job, so I would definitely recommend getting as many as possible during college.
As soon as I turned 16 (minimum age to get hired at local jobs, I got a job and I worked my junior and senior year of high school while also being on a varsity sport, involved in several societies/clubs, and maintaining a 4.0 GPA. I was told very young by my parents that working during high school would look good on my college resume as it shows I can multitask. In college, I’ve continued to work while studying (switched from doing regular jobs to paid internships in my field of study) because I figured out very early on in my freshman year that many students graduate with no work experience and I didn’t want that happening to me. I’m now entering my senior year of college with already work experience since the age of 16 and specifically four years working in a job/internship in my field of study. I feel very grateful that my parents supported me rather than trying to stop me from working and studying since my best friend’s parents did that and now he’s struggling managing a job and school
Getting a job as early as possible is the best strategy if you want to even think about affording a house.
That’s amazing. I wish I had that chance growing up. I had parents that loved us but didn’t really want kids and they weren’t the best role models for our hopes of a successful future. I started working under the table at 11 just to buy my own shoes because I wouldn’t have them otherwise. The dysfunction runs deep but it makes my heart happy to see people like you thriving.
@@helenaBeau I’m sorry you dealt with that but I hope you’re living a better life now 😊
My parents screwed up a lot more than most. They were/are both abusive drug addicts. But I will always give credit where credit is due. They did do somethings right. I had my first kid job (dog walker) at 10, my first real job at 14, and "do not ever get student loans" but verbally beaten into me for years.
So I can thank them for those things at least. 💛
They may have failed you in many ways, but it sounds like they were determined not to betray you.
@@KeithOlson Agreed. Even though there was a lot of bad thay went on I think they were determined for me to have a better life/make better choices than they did. And for that, I am forever grateful because not everyone can say the same. 💛
@@MalignDreams ...and I am *_UNBELIEVABLY_* joyful for you and this chance for you to have what they never did; a life that is more worth the living than they had. I strongly encourage you to get counselling to gain the life skills and knowledge that they were never taught and so couldn't teach you. (I'm doing that in my fifties, and it is heartbreaking to learn things that could have helped my children to become more than me if I had only known them at the time.)
@@KeithOlson Awww, you're just so sweet thank you so much!!! ☺
I'm in my thirties, but luckily I got into therapy in my mid-twenties, and still see one occasionally for check ins. And I just got married a month and a half ago!
And I have an amazing best friend who has taught me so, so, much. He's older than me and he's been like a big brother figure (I'm a girl). He's protected me like a brother would and he even taught me how to drive and work on stuff on my car and around my apartment!
I'm still learning skills all the time but I've come so far. I've forgiven my parents for their wrong doings but I've also thanked them for the things they did right. And I try to stay humble and remember that although yes, they were always high and pretty abusive at times they did still care about me even if it was only in the way they could, and I always could have had it worse and I am very, very, blessed!! 💛
And take it easy on yourself, you're only human and there are things you just didn't know. But it's not too late! You can still teach your children things now. Forgive yourself and if you have grandchildren pass that wisdom and knowledge on to them too!! 🫂😊💛
I am 25 years old. I started volunteering and applying for interships at 15 years old. I made connections, gained valuable skills and learned how to navigate the labor market.
I did not go to a good school (the average graduation rate was 25%, most freshman wouldn’t make it to become a senior), I grew up below the poverty rate, and my parents did not speak English.
Without those experiences I would have never been able to land a decent career straight out of high school which then led to a starting a fruitful business.
She’s very well-spoken 🩷
That’s crazy, when I was in college over 20 years ago, it was highly encouraged & even required.
Before Biden’s school loan bill that encouraged undischargeable student debt.
I had a job every semester. I had a career path. My career path was journalism. And now I’m a stay at home mother of 2 with college debt.
When I originally got into Nursing School , I knew I needed to get a job as a CNA/PCT/Tech and I did. Throughout Nursing School as I told my friends that they needed to get a job and healthcare to gain the experience and to get a foot in the door in a unit or hospital or specialty that you really want to be in. Of course, some listened and some didn't a lot of the people I told this advice to who didn't take it are now graduated without a nursing job (all the nursing jobs are taken up at this point) for me I'm a specialty I love and I wanted. I always thought it was so ridiculous how nobody took this advice.
Dude, this is 100% true. I went to community college, then transferred to State College, and as soon as I had my associates degree I started applying to internships. I landed an internship that turned into a job out of college and worked every summer. Even if that hadn’t turned into a job, I would’ve had what I could call two years of work experience on my résumé. I definitely wasn’t the smartest kid at state college., but all the kids that were smarter than me graduated college without a job and I had one.
I love these two.
I had a part time job and a small business while doing my 4 year degree. Also had work placements in there. The world is getting to be a sad and scary place.
Very wise woman.
If your college does not have a good intern program, walk out. Better yet, avoid college altogether if you can.
I'd be the first to say it: go into a trade...I guarantee you'll set yourself up for success in the long run, and you'll be able to take your experience with you, and there are some trades that don't necessarily require credits from trade school
@@numba1gearI definitely agree. My husband and I own a general contracting company and there is so much work due to a lack of skilled labor. Majority of our work is by word of mouth or through neighborhood apps like NextDoor.
I think there’s this weird perception that trades pay less; we are averaging a monthly cash flow of $100k with just 3 employees and a few subcontractors.
I went to community college for a year but dropped out. It’s hard finding a job not even target or minimum wage jobs will get me I’m starting to think I’m cursed or something. What should I do instead? I feel so lost haha
@@numba1gearwhat are trades?
@@invoice999 construction, welding, concrete work, electrical, engineering, auto mechanical work, HVAC, stuff like that...even commercial truck driving counts as such
Amen sister. I pray that our generation will not completely collapse because of this.
It might if not enough people enter blue collar work to replace the ones aging out.
Vocational School. Learned a trade. Worked in that trade for 17 years making a good living. Saved some money. Started own company. About 100 employees now and crushing it. Not starting out life with crushing debt, definitely helped.
I say skip the trade school and try to enter the trade via a union.
@jackcarraway4707 Yes that may work for some, depending on where you live. But no Unions in Texas where I live.
From the UK, I left school at 15, got kicked out of college after 6 weeks which was a blessing in disguise as I went straight into work and by the time I was 20/21 I got a job in Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Could say I was lucky, however during the interview the manager asked me what makes me different as he had several applicants with degrees etc but I already had a 4/5 year head start. Not saying it’s the right thing to do and having a degree is always a bonus, but I can’t stress enough how important working from a young age is. I’ve since run teams in a few different sectors having only 3 A-C GCSE’s no a levels and no degrees.
That is so true unfortunately 😢. During my time at university, internships were never encouraged nor available. I certainly would go through higher education with a more proactive approach to set myself up for workplace success and not just gain a degree with no prospects at all. But God is good and He will redeem my short comings and I trust Him to lead me in the right career path to bring honour to His name 🙏
Your so right Brett! We need more people like you in our world! 👏
Something I’ve learned, if you really truly don’t know what you want to do in your life either go to a trade school OR go to college and study a hobby/passion while you figure it out. Because if you’re going to college, you at the very least have a bachelor’s degree in the end which, to many places, unless it’s something specific or specialized, is all you need. My dad got a degree in history (pretty useless) and now is a regional manager for a major company. Similar thing with my brothers
My college very much encouraged it! Most majors required an internship to graduate and some people did two! We always had career fairs and meetings and clubs. 🤷♀️
I am so happy I found the FFA Organization, forever will be grateful for my parents who pushed me to get in it. Everyone who has kids coming up to high school, get them in an FFA school! It teaches career success, personal growth, and leadership skills while focusing on agriculture. It set me up for sucess and I am working my dream job while in community college. Seriously something to look into!!
This is why I chose my University! The engineering college and the are college both have programs with required internships spliced in every other semester. It takes 5 years to graduate, but you’re still only taking 4 years worth of classes (this is because you take classes every other semester with an paid internship semester in between.) and you graduate with a year and a half experience in your field, all of the money you’ve saved if you’re responsible during your internship semesters and most people have a job lined up by graduation since they created relationships with multiple companies during their internships. This program is also optional for most of the other colleges within the university!
You also chose a study with a high earning potential. I can’t tell you how many students are disillusioned into thinking that they can study dance for four years and expect to make what an engineer would make first year out of school
@@Honey-nn2wy If someone is really out there believing that a dance degree would make the same money as an engineering degree, then I don’t think all the prep in the world could help them become successful after college.
I absolutely loved this episode/interview.
I didn’t realize that there were other young women who have the same kind of mindset before I came across Brett and the comments on her videos.
She's so gorgeous
I love that my college gives me the flexibility to work while pursuing my degree. Ive worked in my feild of study all throughout my collage experience and it's been so helpful. I wouldnt be nearly as prepared as I am now if I hadnt worked. Bonus, I've avoided student loan debt because I've been able to work through collage.
Being in college and not
having a part time job is crazy to me. 😮
This economy is so bad I only work a part time job because I apply and no one calls back and the jobs that are full time pay less than what I make part time
Same. And I'm not even American. I studied for 5 years, got my Masters, didn't have to pay anything, because education is free where I live. My parents surpported me financially. And I still had jobs and internships. So did almost everyone around me.
Same. The only exception if make is for those in the medical field when you have to do clinicals. That said, I don't think it is fair for students to be essentially charged to do clinicals. If they are working, they should be getting paid.
I'm 47 and started working weekends at 11 washing up at a restaurant. By the time I left school I worked 9 to 5 5 days a week as a receptionist and 12 hr shifts sat and sun, doing laundry at an old people's home. My parents always said if you want something you work for it. I never just got given stuff. I had to work for everything. Kids now want everything handed to them and aren't willing to do menial jobs
I graduated last year but struggled with Lyme disease from 2019-2023. I kept to myself and graduated alone. I managed to pick up an internship on my way out. I feel so much better and I’m doing my insurance exams a year later. Wish I felt this good the past 3 years I would’ve loved to do more at college.
I admire how hard that you are working to incorporate a feminine look for yourself even though your mind feels like rejecting most of it. I just want you to know that you are rocking it totally!😊
Man that top is stylin' 💯 🕊
I got my first tax paying job at 12. Before that, i mowed lawns for money. No allowance in my home growing up! No free handouts!
I'm glad I set my children up for better. In their highschool they have a trade school program and because of my oldest showing them how easy/lucrative it is my other 2 kids are enrolled in that program.
My college very much encouraged it and had career fairs every semester specifically for internships and networking for post-graduation positions. Go to a STEM school ladies and gentlemen.
If you’re smart enough for it. There are middle school students who still don’t know their multiplication tables
I was working right after highschool bc i did cosmetology simultaneously. It was something to 'fall back on' if college didnt work out OR it was to the job i would do while in college. Leaving high school with a skill was incredibly important to me. i remember quitting a sport bc i at 16 (I had a working permit) wanted to work so one day i could buy my own car. People looked down on me for it and i lost motivation for the goal at some point. But Im grateful i pushed for the trade before college. I was able to get a job sonner than other friends.
Take opportunities that others won’t. Minnesota has pseo available for juniors and seniors and it’s pretty easy to get into just a 2.6 gpa. I followed my mom and 2 older sisters foot steps into pseo. Now i already graduated at 16 and have an auto cad certificate and am getting a AA degree as well as my ged. Take the opportunities no one else will because you’ll benefit from it.
Early work experience > College education
I’m 16 and already have had 2 jobs,because that’s just the way I’ve been raised in the country.Im scared for this sad generation.
I’m 17 and same, I go to the gym 5x a week as well.
Lmao both of yall sound foolish
I’m 18 and I work Monday-Friday and in August I’ll be starting college as well
I am too but it’s not cause I want too but I have too my parents make me pay for anything that I want my car gas food school activities stuff like that
@321NOAH so in other words you're helping you're parents out with rent pretty much which is a normal adult thing get over it because it would cost you 5Xs as much if you lived by yourself 😂
I wish I n college..I was n mostly every program they had I said I didn't get home to like 6 or 7 pm everyday..I loved it...still at my 1st job 22 years later :) I miss college so much
I grew up with money being a stressor in my life. We even lived middle class lives. In high school I put a lot of effort into getting scholarships. I started private tutoring on the side when I was a junior in high school. In college I had a professor my first semester that told us that you need an internship before you graduate. And told us stories about a few students who graduated with no club involvement and no internships and they struggled to find a job. I took that as a threat to then go and hold 5 club officer positions in 3 years and find internships and scholarships lol. I had 2 internships over the summers and I continued tutoring on the side throughout college. I got enough scholarship money to pay for my master’s degree. Finding a good job was easy! I’ve been working for 3 years now
This is so true, I only got my job out of college, because the org I work for took part in one of my classes. Internships should be a requirement for all students @ the very least.
How things changed in 20 years, internship was required for me to graduate
I went to university for Baking and Pastry arts. The university I went to promised we would have landed a job before we graduated or they would help set up interviews with their connection. Well my internship wasn’t hiring employees they only accepted internships that weren’t Paid. So i graduated and the college was helping me get information on jobs… they called me saying they had set me up with an interview to be a cake decorator. it was DAIRY QUEEN…. They got me a minimum wage job at Dairy Queen as a certified chef with the American Culinary Federation 🙃🙃🙃 the second job they had for me was Cold Stone Creamery 🥴🥴
However when we had to do our internship we had to pick 3 places and do an interview and everything then we weee told if we were accepted or not and choose which place we wanted which was awesome experience. But I had definitely been lied to by that college thinking I was going to get this amazing job as a Pastry Chef right out of college and it actually took 2 years after when I landed a Head Baker position with a university.
Where is this full interview?? Two of my favorite people! Can’t wait to watch the whole thing! ❤
I completely went through a similar scenario. Push push push for college and higher degrees ((despite me working full time throughout) it’s an incredibly lost process , you don’t come out just getting work that you majored in. Myself, I needed to seek more degrees hence more money to obtain to get it, even still. After many years of experience.
In this day and age, trades are worth it over degrees. Even in construction, you can rise up to superintendent or foreman levels with no degrees. I personally do HVAC, it’s a money maker in South Texas. If you do HVAC, stick with commercial rather than residential.
It should be encouraged and facilitated but never mandatory. It is precisely because of the internship at the end of the culinary program that so many people were failing out. They made it a mandatory "class", and if you couldnt find a job, you would fail out and you wouldnt get your degree, essentially wasting all that money you paid to go to school in the first place
A good thing to consider for you high schoolers going to college is location of where you’re going. Bigger cities will have more opportunities generally.
I’m very thankful for the university I attend. They make all the freshman in my program take a course that has few assignments, only meets once a week, but basically just pushes you to shoot for getting internships, being active in student organizations, doing research with a mentor, etc. I’m two years into my program and even though that was the class I spent the least amount of time in, it’s been the most useful course I’ve taken so far
I’ve seen this too much. So many people are no longer being set up for success, and it’s sad.
I’m currently a high school junior going on to my second year as a payed intern with the same person. I’ve learned so much that will benefit me in college and in my future career
Gosh she’s so beautiful, her husband is a lucky guy
“…suck the marrow out of it” would normally be the start of a plug for Good Ranchers 😆
Please women of the world… take notice, listen and please become more like Brett. The world would be a much better place ❤
I went to Sullivan university in Lexington Kentucky. We did extern ships ( we didn’t get paid for working) in the culinary arts field. Then they worked with you to help place as many new chefs as possible 😊
My accounting program at Washington state pushes internships and jobs like crazy! I feel like the business school is really set up to try to get kids ready to work early, which is nice. Can’t say the same for other colleges at the university though.
I'm incredibly glad I go to a college with a wonderful coop program. I was shocked to know how rare that actually was
I worked during Covid at a recycling depot and the summer in my first year at a community college. After if got my 2 year diploma. I got a full time job and a small fixer upper for a first home. And I got to be close to family. It’s really sad the these steps are not encourage.
My brother just graduated college with a degree in anthropology, but no field experience, and no internship. Now it is a struggle to even get him to attempt to find a job.
Sorry to hear that. He's going to have to retrain.
Wow! She is so amazing! She is so correct!
I thought it was so cute how serious Brett was in this interview. You could tell she really wanted to be on and focused because she respects Dr. Peterson so much.
If I wanted to live away from home I needed a job to get myself through university. This was the norm in my generation. 👍🇦🇺
That's wild. When I attended a trade school for HVAC, the student services department made sure that graduates had interviews lined up for them. They even coached us on how to engage in an interview, using experience from recently-hired employees. They didn't guarantee we got hired, but they made damn sure we got interviews, and that was more than enough for me. I'm so grateful to have gone the blue collar route.
Ben has such a good head on his shoulders.
Absolutely correct. Trade school is the best way to go
I started flunking my classes in late elementary school for two reasons. One was mental problems. The other was the fact that my parents treated it like it was no big deal, even though they yelled and lectured and fake-punished like it was.
The route I took was completing my degree while working in that field. Granted this took more time and can't be applied to all professions, but if you play your cards right it could be a good course of action. Heck, some employers will even pay for you to go get said degree.
I'm 60 and my first job was 13 y/o packing groceries at the supermarket (NYC) and putting them in people's cart so they roll on home. 100% tips from the buyers.
It was a thing a kid could do. Go to s-market, wave a cashier, stand there and start working. Easy.
I worked from 14-18 at our local vet clinic literally starting by scooping poop. I learned a lot of skills over my time there that applied when I was in Nursing school. Then I had enough savings to not work my first 2 semesters, got married th summer before nursing school and then worked while in nursing school and lived in a crappy rental while my husband worked for $8/hr in the early 2000s. I came out with a Bachelor's and $2k in debt that I paid off with 2 paychecks.
Start earlier than college. High-school job, middle school volunteer. Show your drive early and often and ignore the haters
Brett has the most beautiful eyes I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
You’re down bad Teresa
Focused and determined eyes for sure
@@dillyfrank5562 more like I wanna be her haha
Yup literally I had got a job and that just change my whole dynamic of needing an internship every year
Here is Aus, a lot of tertiary education either requires or supplies the opportunity to have work experience during a course. Even job listings that provide training will work with TAFE or other accredited institutions and either way you approach it, you're paid, offered overtime like any other employee, super annuation and days off. Pay isn't amazing but usually a company is sponsoring your education at the same time, still enough to put food on the table.
Edit: forgot to put this in but yeah, if you live somewhere where that isn't typical, apply for a job in whatever field you study and tell them you're studying. I imagine if any business wants to succeed, they'd value the ones learning the trade. It's probably great experience to take back to class too
This is soooo true, K-12 teaches you that being passive is all you need to do but its not like that in college!! If you dont feel like getting an internship thats relating to your degree, then you're majoring in the wrong thing.
I wish I heard this advice before I graduated...
I worked part time through college when i went to college full time.
The collab we needed
Definitely my biggest mistake. Advisor sessions should be a full class every 2 years.
I got an AA at a junior college and have the same job as those who went to expensive universities. If I transferred to a university I would be in debt. Not have gotten 3 raises, and no experience yet so it worked out.
An incredibly intelligent young woman.
I was presented with an opportunity to have an internship with a great company when I was in college by my academic advisor, and it led to a full time job with that company and I have a career now making six figures. I had an excellent advisor. And that was just a 2 year technical associates degree.
I specifically went to Northeastern University because it was a 5 year program that included internships as part of the degree and I also worked part time jobs as a waitress and a clerk at a hardware store. I worked my butt off while in college. The only kids who didn’t work back then were the kids with rich parents lol which was most of my friends.
Shes right. That was my situation
I heavily considered picking up a part time job while in college, until I got there. My schedule absolutely would not allow it. I was on campus, in classes, from 9am to 9pm with a 1 hour lunch break in the middle.
(More detailed explanation: I did dual credit in high school to graduate with my associates alongside my high school diploma. I wanted to do graphic design, and since I had my general education and all prerequisites done, all I had left were the advanced classes, all of which are “studio” classes. Every studio class is two and a half hour long classes, no thirty or forty five minute classes. So if I took 4 studio classes a day, that is 10 hours of pure class time right there. So, to stay full time as a student to graduate on time and keep my scholarships, I was almost always full on classes.)
Some women say they are slaying at life, but Brett truly is.
My older brother has a masters and bachelors and is thinking about a PhD. He didnt work in college, he lived with my parents and me, and he is now a mechanical engineer and he graduated without debt. Thats what my parents want for me. They understand i might not get there, but thats what they want my goal to be.
I wish someone had told me this when I was younger.😢
I’m 13 and already working a blue collar job and I enjoy it and make decent money so I can’t complain
She makes a goood point.
This is exactly why I went to a co-op university I graduated with two full years of experience as a engineer and had multiple job offeres apon graduation.
Insane how that's possible
Idk how the rest of the Netherlands is, but my uni and especially my study among a few others are so extremely focused on getting you ready for work. Lots of them have mandatory internships almost all throughout the study. My uni lives by the idea of "Applied science" and "you learn in fhe workfield".
My study took that so literally you have 2 days uni and 2 days internship. And the group project require you to work together with the workfield, with societial problems that the local government offers us to work on together with many different organisations
Working an internship will help you get a clue real quick if this is the career you want. You will find out what the pay is for your job when you graduate in your area pretty fast. You will still be in a position to change majors if you want to. Never knew a person who had an internship who had time to attend a protest.
My college advisor actively told me not to do internships. Senior year my advisor told me i wouldn't have a chance in the job market and recommended i get a Master's degree to be competitive. I realized then i was set up, and took my lumps in the job market.
I had to have an internship to get my degree. But that was in 2007. I also got a 3 week paid student swap in Australia.
You are an inspiration
In the UK🇬🇧 employers seek out the brightest students at job fairs. Pay their university 🎓tuition,and maintenance 💷..And guarantee them a job on graduation 🎓