Work In KC Area?

Steven Elling ellings at kcnet.com
Tue Aug 5 04:16:12 CDT 2003


On Monday 04 August 2003 07:39, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> On Sunday 03 August 2003 4:21 pm, Duane Attaway wrote:
> > Would I do it again?  Sure, I learned a
> > lot and really enjoyed myself.  But the blatent lies about job
> > placement were a grave disservice and only alienated everyone.
>
> To be fair, on a national basis DeVry grads tend to do pretty well.  The
> problems in the K.C. area are that they don't have any effective job
> placement assistance, and the degrees they turn out are not really
> suitible for entry-level positions here (which are VERY few and far
> between).
>
> This is, of course, based on pre-collapse statistics, but in areas where
> there was an actual IT industry, or an electronics industry, their grads
> were pretty good for entry level production, and often moved up well.
>
> It's always been rare that they turned out anybody who wasn't bitter and
> disillusioned in this area.  Just like UMKC!

I wish I would of known that before I went to DeVRY.  I would of just went 
to Goodland VoTech and saved a bunch of money in tuition and living 
expenses.  Plus, I would of been better off.




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