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Where we can find 0% unemployment in the U.S.

Math and science-based like engineering or actuarial science are among those that hand graduates the best chance of getting a job.

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The national unemployment rate is still about 8 percent. But for some lucky graduates in a few fields -- getting a job is almost guaranteed.

A recent study by the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce found that there's a handful of majors, including astrophysics, pharmacology and actuarial science, where the unemployment rate is actually -- no joke -- zero percent.

Here to speak with us in today's Mid-day Extra is Paul Harrington, from Drexel University's Center for Labor Markets and Policy.

 

About the author

Jeremy Hobson is host of Marketplace Morning Report, where he looks at business news from a global perspective to prepare listeners for the day ahead.
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waywardtom - May 17, 2012

Mid-Day Update, this is an absolutely brilliant article!

you should expand upon it, take it to the high schools and promote Marketplace and Public Radio to 'tomorrow's' job seekers and supporters of NPR.