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Originally Posted by hunnychile
Getting "more education" sounds great in theory. Who has the money for that?
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"Education" doesn't necessarily have to be formal. Take your industry, your field, your qualified positions, your hoped-for positions and then read every goddamned trade journal, magazine, book, newsletter, blog, or website you can get your hands on that is in any way related. Prioritize in order of significance/relevance/prominence/timeliness.
While it's great to have a bunch of degrees listed on your resume and a bunch of letters after your name---and, heck, "Dr." in front of your name---you're right: this shit costs money. You know what costs much, much less? A library card. An Internet account. A magazine subscription. While you can't list these things on your resume, you can wow your interviewers by
demonstrating that you know your shit. If you can talk the game, they just might let you play the game.
If you want to be among the top in your industry, you have to keep abreast of what's going on.
Participate. Go to workshops, seminars, conferences, trade shows, whatever events that go on in your industry. Be a player and it will show when you do get that interview. Oh yeah, doing these things will lead to a greater chance of getting interviews in the first place.
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And government grants from each/any State or the Feds for that additional education is mostly a "talking point" thrown around by the politicians, or so it appears. Ever try to land that grant money?? It's nearly impossible to get.
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Don't rely on the government. Only look at it as a bonus---an non-essential bonus.
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I know far too many people with advanced degrees or more than one in Industrial Engineering, Architecture, iEEEs, Marketing, MBAs, etc. who are among those of us unable to find work.
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It's possible that they aren't playing the game, or they aren't playing hard enough.