Posted on 11/21/2012 9:33:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
UNH seniors began registering for their spring classes on Monday, creating what for most of these students will be the final schedule of their college careers. As Thanksgiving break plunges us into winter, the new year is only weeks away. And with graduation rearing around the corner, members of the class of 2013 are beginning to ask, What now?
For Katie Sousa, a senior English major, life after graduation means returning to a part-time cashier position at Market Basket.
Ive been there for five years and I plan to go back there until I find something better, she said.
According to a report by Justin Young, a UNH doctoral student in sociology, many graduates will find themselves in the same position as Sousa come springtime.
Youngs report, Underemployment in Urban and Rural America, 2005-2012, was published this fall by UNHs Carsey Institute. Youngs research suggests that underemployment is exceptionally high among people under age 30.
Underemployment is defined in the study as involuntary part-time work, which hits 18- to 22-year-olds the hardest. Youngs findings show that 29 percent of this age group is either underemployed (10 percent) or unemployed (19 percent). Given his research, Young believes that a college education is a surefire way to break out of the demographic.
In the past, there were many more jobs that offered good pay, benefits and security that did not require a four-year degree, Young said. Today, if you want one of those jobs, you are more likely to need a four-year degree, at the very least. Young people today are facing very different job markets than their parents.
Many recent graduates feel that in todays job market, employers are hiring the applicants who have college degrees, even if one is not necessarily required for the job...
(Excerpt) Read more at tnhonline.com ...
Fwiw in 2008 I graduated with a degree in journalism and now I work in marketing, which I consider to be a great career both on the satisfaction side and the money side. If you have a BA degree, even if its in English, there’s a lot you can do with it, you just got to be willing to work hard and find your calling.
Schiff is awesome.
Oh by the way that 26 thingee is costing their employer a fortune and they don't dare complain about it as an employer since they don't want the heat, you know kind of a Toyota Floor Mat investigation thingee @ their Corporation.
So you are gonna have to listen to your parents complain that their premiums for health care went through the moon. Aren't Parents a drag????
I’ll bet that almost none of them know about the Supreme Court case (Griggs v. Duke Power) that eventually led to many of them being in college in the first place.
“The salient part that you left out is that he must speak fluent Japanese.
That was the thing without which he would not have his current position”
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Actually, he does. Even reading, writing, speaking kana’. Speaks and reads Filipino and Hindi too. Which part of my post which read “does translations for Sony” didn’t you get?
bfl
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