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Recent college grads see rise in unemployment

by Elizabeth Trovall
Apr 23, 2024
Unemployment jumped from 8.6% to 12.3% among 20-somethings with bachelor's degrees year over year, the BLS reported.
"This is the first sign of [the job market] not being as strong as I thought it was," said Patricia Anderson with Dartmouth.
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As crypto chaos continues, the next generation of hires is having doubts

by Matt Levin
Nov 30, 2022
"Interest in the crypto space, generally speaking, tends to track the price of bitcoin," a UCLA professor says of his computer science students.
Soon-to-be hires are rethinking pursuing jobs at crypto companies.
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This college has pledged to find jobs for 100% of its 2020 graduates

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
May 7, 2020
It's hard to graduate into a recession. Colby College is trying to change that.
Class of 2020 graduates around the country may experience long-lasting hits to their income graduating into a recession.
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More than half of 2015 grads are working

by Tony Wagner
Jun 8, 2016
What kind of work? That's another question entirely.
A student at Rutgers University shows her cap as she arrives to attend the 250th anniversary commencement ceremony on May 15, 2016 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. 
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2015 the best job market in years for tech grads

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 10, 2015
Recruitment of engineers and computer science graduates is up more than 50 percent.
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Good news for college seniors. Sorry, 2009 grads.

by Dan Weissmann
Oct 29, 2014
Those who graduated in down years don't benefit as much when the economy recovers.
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Are we producing more grads than jobs?

by Amy Scott
Sep 9, 2014
More employers are requiring college degrees for jobs that don’t really need them.
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That college essay on Proust could land you a job

by Annie Baxter
Jun 10, 2014
Collegefeed helps students spin their college experiences into job qualifications
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After Lehman

Graduating into The Lost Generation

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 11, 2013
Students who graduated from college during the financial crisis could spend years trying to regain what they lost during the worst recession in modern memory.
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China's Hangover

Tales from a Shanghai job fair: Why China's college grads, employers mismatched

by Rob Schmitz
Jun 17, 2013
The scale of China's higher education system has developed so fast, the country fails to produce graduates who have the right skills for companies operating in China.
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