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>>. >> john: my first job was on an assembly line. i stuck pieces of metal and plastic together for a company of american photo equipment. on the assembly line, i hated the job. it was hot and boring, but working there made me eager to get good grades in school. then i got a researcher job at a tv station. somebody wanted me to cover to fire and to my surprise, that became a career. i never planned to be a tv reporter. i didn't even watch tv news. i didn't take a journalism course. that is why i think the interns

Help. >> john: right after that interview i told two people about that restaurant. one waited for the start of business monday and dropped off his resume. he thought that was more professional. he still hasn't been offered a job. the other job seeker just showed up saturday morning. he got the job and he is here. would you stand up. tell us what happened? you just showed up? >> i showed up and i applied. >> john: and he said i'll hire you and put you in a kitchen, minimum wage but within a few days you were making more than minimum wage? >> yes, i became >> and some of the waiters make hundred...

Unreasonable to say that there are jobs out there that are going unfulfilled for long periods of time. in many of these jobs you don't have to have a college education. most of them you don't have to have a college education. a lot of people we talk to, young men simply had a high school degree. >> john: you did this report. let's play a clip. >> all we ever hear there is no jobs in america. what if i told you that in that building right there high paying jobs sit vacant for sometimes up to a year. >> are you actively recruiting? >> absolutely every day. it's at $20 or more than an hour >> but...

Hard work. >> i was a garbage man. one of those guys that rode on the back of the truck. you threw them in and they had big heavy metal pails and sometimes you would pick it up. >> john: and it taught valuable lessons. >> it most certainly did. i decided i never wanted to be a professional person that put money in those paper things. i decided i have to have a job. i wanted to be a lawyer because i knew i would be trouble and i wouldn't be able to afford a lawyer so i ultimately became a lawyer. >> john: only a few of my colleagues found a job they are in now. >> they were giving air time away...

Otherwise to get a bachelor's degree, instead of making philosophy, may be i'll major in nursing. instead of getting a b.a.in biology, maybe i should be an engineer. by and large the studies show those with the college degree earn $300,000 more in their life than with a high school degree. by and large, it's a very good idea to get a college degree. sometime the economy should right itself and payoff for having a college degree will be even bigger. >> john: so a lot of you will be deep in debt and not for everybody. thanks steven even though we disagree about everything. coming up, i'll tell y...