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A National Service Corps Can Solve the Student Loan Crisis

Adam Levin | Posted 05.31.2012

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People need to stop thinking of college as something they borrow for, and start thinking of it as something they work and save for. A National Service Corps could be the catalyst we need.

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Open Letter to College Grads: Employers Are Looking You Up -- Here's How to Get the Job Anyway

Patrick Ambron | Posted 05.22.2012

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Most HR departments are required to research you online before making a decision. Here are a few ways to make sure you're putting your best foot forward -- or at least not shooting yourself in the foot.

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We Need to Put the Class of 2012 to Work

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Jobs, Technology, Barack Obama, College Degree, Graduation, College Graduation, Job Market College Graduates, College Graduates, Politics News

If you're going to occupy Wall Street or anyplace else, it's not enough to just sit around beating on drums once you get there. You must do something. Moreover, the forces of greed and intolerance are relatively immune to information and analysis.

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Your Parent's Basement: The New Post-College Vacation

Dina Gachman | Posted 05.17.2012

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Maybe the days of budget backpacking are over, which is too bad. But there are still tables to wait and floors to sleep on. And it's worth it.

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Want To Avoid Student Debt? Think Twice About State Schools

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: State Budgets, Video, Unemployment, State Budget Cuts, State College, State Budget Crisis, State Schools, College, Student Debt, Boomerang Generation, Ivy League, Financial Aid, Job Market College Graduates, Student Loans, College Graduates, Money News

Student debt weighing on your mind? You might be surprised about where the worst of it comes from. A recent Reuters analysis of student debt at var...

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New Grads Choose Job Security Over Start-up Opportunity

Gautam Godhwani | Posted 05.14.2012

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If the idea of beginning your career at a start-up makes your palms sweat, then you aren't alone. According to a recent survey, only 4 percent of 2012 graduates said a startup would be their ideal place to work.

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A Career Letter to the Class of 2012

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Career Advice, First Job, Job Market College Graduates, College Graduates, College News

You earned your degree with a tremendous amount of effort, time, and, more than likely, a big financial investment that may also translate into significant student loan debt. As you begin your career journey, I share this wisdom to help you find your way in the world-of-work.

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Making Those Last Few Weeks at College Count

Adele Scheele | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Friendship, Graduation, Business, College, Networking, Job Market College Graduates, College Graduation, Alumni, College News

Graduation is just around the corner. Here are some gratifying things to take advantage of before you don your cap and gown.

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The Dark Age: Post Graduation

Darina Kagan | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: College Grads, Job Market College Graduates, Post Grad, College, College Graduation, College Graduates, College News

As the economy steadily seems to be getting on its feet and the opportunity of jobs is increasingly growing, it seems that we are at bit more ease the...

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Millennials in the Balance

Christopher Haugh | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Job Numbers, Great Recession, Baby Boomers, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Occupy Wall Street, Millennials, Job Market College Graduates, College Graduates, Millennials Jobs, College News

The twilight cohort of the millennial generation is caught in a matrix of impossible expectations in a world suddenly unwilling to open its doors.

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Escape From the Job Jungle

Peter Weinberg | Posted 05.19.2012

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I applied to 53 jobs in July, according to the tally marks I carved into my parents' dining room table while playing the harmonica. But the big sack I bought to hold all my salary never filled up, and I began to suspect something just wasn't right.

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Feb Jobs Report: More Jobs for Young Adults Today = More Housing Demand Tomorrow

Jed Kolko | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Jobs, Housing Market, Real Estate, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Housing Crisis, Post College Unemployment, Housing, Jobs Report, Job Market College Graduates, Job Market, College Graduates, Business News

Between the ages of 25 and 34 is when many people form households, then start families and buy their first home. During and after the recession, households dropped for this age group, and more people than ever were living with parents or other adults rather than renting or owning.

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Returning to the Nest Is Costly

Reid Cramer | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Return to the Nest, Millennials, Great Recession, Millennial Generation, Job Market College Graduates, Recession, College Graduates, Politics News

Since the Great Recession began, 7 million more Americans are living in doubled up arrangements. The trend for young adults was particularly dramatic.

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Delayed Gratification in the Career Search

Jennifer Langione | Posted 05.01.2012

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Like many of my friends, I don't have definitive post-graduation plans. Amidst all this uncertainty, though, I am confident that if I stick to the fundamentals -- relentless positivity, dedication and persistence -- my years of hard work will be rewarded.

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30 Million Jobs Tour Heads to College: What's Your Experiment?

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 04.23.2012

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I've found myself more enthusiastic than I've been in years as I've shifted my attention from D.C./NYC to cities both burgeoning with ideas and struggling with the excruciating pain that Washington and New York have inflicted on them.

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Taking Some of the Guesswork Out of the Value-of-College Question

Jeff Selingo | Posted 04.22.2012

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Beginning this spring, Virginia families will have access to a key component in answering the value-of-college question: median salaries for the graduates of hundreds of programs across every public and some private colleges in the state.

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Ask Career Expert Tory Johnson A Question!

Posted 02.07.2012

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Career Expert Tory Johnson is joining me soon on Mondays with Marlo. Ask her anything you'd like to know about: Tips for finding a job Current job m...

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Christina's World: 'It's Not The Bakersfield I Remember It To Be'

Laura Paull | Posted 03.09.2012

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"My return to Bakersfield has made me personally aware of the economic situation this region of the state is facing. Not only have I, like many 2011 college graduates throughout the country, been having a hard time finding a job in this jobless economy, but as I look around my neighborhood I see abandoned houses everywhere."

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Unemployment Is A Lifestyle For Actors, And Now Too Many Others

Brendan McMahon | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: The Recessionary Arts, Post College Unemployment, Job Market College Graduates, Unemployment Rate, Recessionary Arts, Actors Unemployment, College Graduates Jobs, College Graduates Unemployment, Culture News

Like most actors and many Americans, I'm unemployed. Right now, the country is running an 8.6 percent unemployment rate.

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Architecture Grads Face Highest Unemployment Rates

Posted 01.04.2012

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According to the most recent American Community Survey by the Census Bureau, graduating architecture students have the highest unemployment rate among...

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Wanted: Better Employees

Jeff Selingo | Posted 02.12.2012

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Employer unhappiness with college graduates is nothing new. Still, with three million unfilled jobs in a bad economy, it stands to reason that some employers are having difficulty finding the right workers.

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Not So Lost Generation

Jesse Aizenstat | Posted 01.30.2012

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They graduated from college into the worst job market since The Great Depression and they didn't give up. The lack of an easy job fertilized their minds to take a risk. On themselves.

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In Search of, Like, Eloquence: Language Zen for College Grads

Rob Asghar | Posted 01.11.2012

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Here's the beginner phase: Drop the word like. By using such teen Valley-speak, or Kardashian-speak, you dropped your IQ, in the minds of others, by no less than 20 points.

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Parents Guide to the Senior Year in College: Five Steps to Success

Adele Scheele | Posted 12.13.2011

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There's so much to do in the nine months leading up to college graduation. Since nine months is what it takes to make a baby, know that it can also be the time required to make a career, or at least the first step toward it.

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Beyond Super and Ill-Prepared Students, How About Some With Creativity?

Jeff Selingo | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: College Admissions, Post College Job Search, College Jobs, Job Market College Graduates, Post-College Jobs, Job Market College, College News

We're quickly headed toward a future in which college students will either be super achievers or unprepared for the workplace. At least that's according to dueling op-ed pieces in two of our nation's most influential newspapers on Sunday.

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