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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by matwood on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @05:20PM (#10383572)
> Or join the military, every country needs a strong military.

It's funny how looked down upon this is. If I said, hey come work for me for 4 years. During that time you will get paid, get lodging and likely do some traveling. Oh, and you'll learn some skills. If you want to go to college up front and be an MD for example, I'll go ahead and pay for that and you can work for me for 6 years after gaining valuable experience. If you don't go to college up front, then when you leave my job (you don't have to) I'll give you money for college.

Now, inevitably someone will say they don't want to be sent to a war zone. The % of the military that actually end up in a war zone is very small.

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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by derekp7 on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @06:14PM (#10383833)
What would be really nice is to have a non-military civil service option. So when someone graduates high school, they can still get a government job doing things like road construction or garbage collection, or even get trained on higher skilled areas. The only problem with this, is most of these activities are done by private companies that bid on contracts, so there is no room for a government organization to fill this role.
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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by joe5150 on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @08:12PM (#10384303)
It's perfectly reasonable to not want to work for the military in any capacity.
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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by matwood on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @01:40PM (#10388081)
Of course, like it is perfectly reasonable not to want to do any job. My point was that the military is a valid option that many people do not think about.
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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by Retra on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @09:28AM (#10386468)
Not everyone can join the military, and there are a lot of people that shouldn't.
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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by matwood on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @01:41PM (#10388095)
At no point did I say everyone should join, but given the down votes my point stands that for some reason it is looked down upon. Joining the military can be a great option for many people.
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