Tough Times for New College Graduates
Graduates from this year's graduating class are finding it much tougher to land a job immediately after graduation. The doom and gloom reports from the media confirm that this is one of the toughest year's for new college graduates since 1983. Although this news can be frustrating and somewhat disheartening, there are things that new graduates can do to increase their chances of getting a job and to make valuable use of their time until the job market begins to recover.
I have spoken to a number of new graduates who plan on returning to their summer jobs after college. There are also quite a few new graduates who have either gotten or are still looking for internships in their field and hope that these experiences will increase their chances of getting hired once the job market begins to open up. Continue reading ...
Article by, Penny Loretto, a career counselor at a small liberal arts college in upstate New York, has her own private career counseling practice, Career Choice, and is About.com's Guide to Internships.
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