A sign of the times

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With colleges producing more graduates, and youth unemployment at a sky-high 11.5 percent, even landing a job selling Big Macs is getting competitive.

Consider: A job opening at a Massachusetts McDonald's for a full-time cashier requires one to two years experience and a bachelor's degree.

"Get a weekly paycheck with a side order of food, folks and fun," offered McDonalds.

It is unclear if the fast-food restaurant really wants that kind of experience or is fishing for the highest qualified. The website for the Winchedon, Mass. McDonald's also lists jobs in Spanish.

Youth advocates said the ad is proof of how bad the employment situation is for kids. "Sadly we've taxed-and-spent our way to an economy in which there's intense competition for just about any job. Combine that with government meddling in the student loan market that has artificially inflated the cost of higher education and young people are getting screwed over even worse than the country overall," said Evan Feinberg, president of the Washington-based youth advocacy group Generation Opportunity.

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But it's a 'full time' job at McDonald's:

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I have a degree in physcoligy, may I ask WHY you want fries with that?

Typical highschool education, can't spell.

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The ad via JobDiagnosis.com:

Crew (Cashiers)

Contract type : Full Time

Positions available : 1

Experience required : 1- 2 Years

Studies level required : Bachelor Degree

Location : Winchendon

Weekly working duration : Full Time

This is the actual ad

[XLFD]

At least you don't have to worry about being over-qualified if you apply and have a bachelors degree or better.  With the concentration of colleges in Massachusetts, I am sure there will be some qualified candidates for the job, a sign of the times as you say.

[AQUAMAN]

Unfortunately, yes, the fast food industry has been taking advantage of Obama's promised land economy for several years now, and nothing is changing for the better. But, in defense of the graduates, they too have to eat and pay rent, and so, they look for anything, even temporary, to achieve a means to an end. Now the teenagers have to live at home and leach off their parents, instead of getting that first important opportunity to enter the job market and get that sense of pride and accomplishment that gives them that important work ethic lacking today.