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Frustrated college graduate tries to sell college diploma on eBay

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2015-09-02 13:20China Daily Editor: Yao Lan

美国大学生求职不顺卖文凭

Frustrated college graduate tries to sell her college diploma on eBay for $50,000

An underemployed college graduate is selling her diploma and "college experience" on eBay for $50,000 after becoming frustrated with her job prospects after graduation.

一位大学生毕业后并没有找到满意的工作,对自己就业前景感到失望的她正在易趣网(eBay)以5万美元售卖自己的文凭和"大学经历".

Stephanie Ritter told BuzzFeed that she was purging her room of high school and college paraphernalia when she came across her Florida State University diploma. "I thought this piece of paper has so much worth to so many people, but for a theater major, it couldn't mean less," she said. "I'm doing the exact same things and probably getting paid the exact same amount as people that dropped out halfway through freshman year, except I'm still $40,000 in debt and they're, well, not."

斯蒂芬妮·瑞特(Stephanie Ritter)告诉BuzzFeed,当她整理房间里的高中和大学用品时,突然发现自己的弗罗里达州立大学(Florida State University)毕业证书."我认为一纸文凭对许多人而言都很重要,而对于戏剧专业的人来说,同样如此.与那些大一就中途辍学的人相比,我与他们干着相同的事,也许还拿着一样的薪资,不同的是我还欠着4万美元的债务,而他们并没有."

Ritter said that she graduated college in 2011, and now works as an assistant. She said she found her job prospects with a theater degree to be lacking.

瑞特说她2011年大学毕业,现在的工作是一名助理.她说她发现戏剧专业的工作机会很少.

She is not the only one who has had trouble finding major-related work after graduation. According to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, only 27% of college graduates have jobs that are closely related to their major.

她并非唯一一位在毕业后找不到专业对口工作的大学毕业生.根据美联储纽约分行(the Federal Reserve Bank of New York)最近的一项调查,只有27%的大学毕业生找到与本专业紧密相关的工作.

Dissatisfied graduates have tried to sell their diplomas before. But Stephanie is selling more than a diploma: She's selling her experience. In her description on eBay, Stephanie describes exactly what "experience" includes:

  

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