GoldenPicks,
I am in the same boat. I graduated in May 2003 and I got a couple offers but they all wanted to pay shit. How can I graduate from college and hire in at $19,000 when I was making $26,000 before I ever started college ?
It sucks because a lot of these jobs dont even tell the starting salary until they make you an offer. YOu dont have much bargaining room being that you are fresh out of college, and there are 50,000 other kids they can hire instead. I dont know how to ask whats the salary in the first 2 minutes because it starts you off on the wrong foot, but from now on I will ask that question.
Why do I want to waste 4 hours off my time ( or likely more) when they are only paying $15,000.
All the kids in my little group who got nice $50,000 + jobs out of college got them with Mom and Dad's help -- they had parents with business connections who pulled strings to get them in.
That is the same old same old way. The kids who didnt have to work and drove around in the $40,000 new cars get the breaks again. Seems like in life its always the same kids getting the breaks. Oh well thats off subject. Now I am working on my MBA and working a full time job that pays ~ $30,000 hoping for better someday.