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Unemployment among recent college grads is at 9.3% -- but not for every major. The good news is, you can follow your skills and passions and still find a job. The highest-unemployment majors are often related to options that use the same skills, but offer much better odds of a job.
Graduating from College? Hope You Learned How to Tend Bar
12:45PM 11/29/2011
When history tallies up the biggest losers of the Great Recession, it's not hard to guess who will top the list. Facing a brutal job market, plummeting wages, and a mountain of debt, many recent college grads have fallen behind before they've officially started their careers.
Student Loans Coming Due? Advice for Unemployed College Grads
8:30PM 9/27/2011
When you graduate college, you've got six months before you have to start repaying your student loans. For members of the class of 2011, that grace period ends soon, but all too many of them haven't found jobs and can't afford to start making those payments. We asked John Ulzheimer of SmartCredit.com to discuss their options.
Getting Hired 101: Job Hunting Tips for New College Grads
8:00AM 9/22/2011
A new study reveals that 68% of recent college graduates either aren't working or are working at jobs not in their chosen field. But the shaky economy doesn't mean finding an entree into your career is impossible. Here's what you need to do to boost your odds of hearing "You're hired."
10 Best Cities for New College Grads to Launch Their Lives
1:30PM 8/30/2011
As summer's end nears, many of this spring's college graduates are finding they still have no jobs, no apartments, and no obvious prospects. One potential Plan B is relocating, and the fourth annual Top 10 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates survey has some suggestions of where they might go.
Highly Educated Women Pay a High Price to Have Children
3:00PM 1/25/2011
Highly skilled women will lose about a quarter of a million dollars, or as much as a third of their lifetime earnings, by choosing to have a child, making the prospect of raising a family a far more expensive one for college grads than their less-educated counterparts, a new study shows.
The Jobless Recovery Hits a New Victim: College Grads
8:00AM 1/09/2011
Up to now, they survived the downturn with minimal damage. But that's changing, even as the economy rebounds. Unemployment among people under 25 with a bachelor's degree is now 9.6% vs. 5% just two years ago.
College Job Market to Improve, but Not Enough
7:00AM 11/29/2010
The job market for recent college graduates will rebound slightly next year, according to a study from Michigan State University, with overall hiring expected to increase 3% over last year and hiring of those with Bachelor's degrees expected to jump by 10%.
People@Work: Why So Many of 2010's College Grads Are Unprepared
7:00AM 6/07/2010
When this year's college graduates were embarking on their college careers, employment experts were advising them to pursue wide and varied studies. A degree in liberal arts appeared to be just the ticket to a promising career. Oops.
The College on a Dime series is written by Zac Bissonnette, a junior at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His book College On a Dime will be published by Penguin in the fall.
With employers hiring 21.6% fewer graduates in 2009 and few signs of improvement on the horizon, more than a few...
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