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- >50% of college graduates are working in jobs that don't require degrees https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-grads-jobs-underemployed/ 3 comments
- More than half of college graduates are working in highschool level jobs https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-grads-jobs-underemployed/ 3 comments
- China is encouraging college graduates to work in the countryside https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/economy/china-youth-unemployment-countryside-recruitment-intl-hnk/index.html 28 comments china
- More than half of college graduates are working in jobs that don't require degrees https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-grads-jobs-underemployed/ 243 comments economics
- More than half of college graduates are working at jobs that don't require degrees https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-grads-jobs-underemployed/ 41 comments economy
- Dear College, Quit Asking Me for Money! Graduates can't find work. So why won't their alma maters quit calling? http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117149/college-donations-undergrads-cant-find-work-so-stop-asking-money 8 comments economy
- Career Limbo : In Michigan, College Graduates can't find work above minimum wage http://www.lifereboot.com/2008/career-limbo/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Bloomberg: Half of College Graduates Are Working High School Level Jobs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-22/career-earnings-with-a-college-degree-underemployed-graduates-lag-on-income?srnd=wealth 2 comments wallstreetbets
- Bloomberg: Half of College Graduates Are Working High School Level Jobs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-22/career-earnings-with-a-college-degree-underemployed-graduates-lag-on-income?srnd=wealth 12 comments economy
- Has the Decline of Knowledge Work Begun?: The unemployment rate for college graduates has risen faster than for other workers over the past few years. How worried should they be? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/business/economy/white-collar-layoffs.html 0 comments economy
- Redditors, have you worked with Scrum? Take my 90-second survey and help me graduate from college. http://pksage.com/survey.html 58 comments programming
- I am 20 years old. I graduated High school 2 years ago, but I still have no Idea what I want to do in my life for a career. I work in construction and it's killing me slowly. In your opinion, what is the wisest thing for me to do: college or trade school https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6tudae/i_am_20_years_old_i_graduated_high_school_2_years/ 136 comments personalfinance
- I'm 23 and living with my parents while attending college and working full time. I have 1,5 years left in school. should I move out now or save as much as I can until I graduate? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/4wn1f7/im_23_and_living_with_my_parents_while_attending/ 682 comments personalfinance
- Paying college athletes to play won't work, will never work, but paying them to learn and to graduate is a concept that's time has come http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?page=ehrlich/110107 18 comments sports
- Maid's brother has 71% percentile in CAT. Work ex = 0 years. Graduation = BCA (IGNOU). Any good college with job placement possible for him ? He belongs to SC category. https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/ae413m/maids_brother_has_71_percentile_in_cat_work_ex_0/ 49 comments india
- I'll be graduating college in May and will start working full time in August - What kind of low-risk investing options are available? Do I start putting money in a 401k? What exactly is that?? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/abrhoy/ill_be_graduating_college_in_may_and_will_start/ 6 comments personalfinance
- The College Job Market: Tough on Democrats Graduates of the Classes of 2009 and 2010 are hard up for work, and that's eroding their support for Obama and the party http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_20/b4178028160412.htm 61 comments business
- "The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don't fully use their skills and knowledge." http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/22/v-fullstory/2762165/1-in-2-new-graduates-are-jobless.html 298 comments business
- "The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don't fully use their skills and knowledge." http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/1-in-2-new-graduates-are-jobless-or-underemployed-3501033.php 364 comments politics
- Just graduated college, got a job at a top company, but I feel lonely during working hours. Do I suck it up or do I look for a new job/team? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6umd2a/just_graduated_college_got_a_job_at_a_top_company/ 16 comments cscareerquestions
- College graduate with no sales or work experience, how does someone like me get an entry level position in software sales? https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/5h1o3o/college_graduate_with_no_sales_or_work_experience/ 16 comments sales
- President Barack Obama told college graduates Sunday that only their generation can break the cycle of a political system consumed by "small things" that works for the benefit of a few http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp0vzi8wGj8 1329 comments politics
- College graduates are the only group that has more people employed today than when the recession started. A mere 3.9 percent, compared with 7.5 percent for the work force as a whole. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/business/college-graduates-fare-well-in-jobs-market-even-through-recession.html?ref=business&_r=0 17 comments economy
- 'Only interns will get good graduate jobs': It's not just rising college fees... students must be prepared to work unpaid too http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1348113/interning-way-job-now.html#ixzz1bn6hsofs 35 comments business
- I have felt lost since graduating from college and becoming a remote developer, with no one to ask doubts, brainstorm with, or simply chat about my work. So, I made an app to find peers. http://www.gabcan.com 2 comments sideproject
- The Great College Degree Scam. Approximately 60% of the increase in the number of college graduates from 1992 to 2008 worked in jobs that are relatively low skilled, in occupations where many participants have only high school diplomas and often even less http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/the-great-college-degree-scam/28067 38 comments politics
- Meet Hazel Soares - 2 marriages, 6 kids, +40 grandchildren, 2 economic depressions, 15 U.S. presidents and 2 world wars. She's been a working single mother, a nurse, a concert event organizer and an art lover. And next month, also a college graduate. She's 94. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/23/ba0h1d2vec.dtl&type=printable 20 comments worldnews
- "Why don't they want to hire me?" she asked of the companies not responding to the resumes she sends out each week. "I went through four years of college, graduated. You get praised while you are working and then all the sudden you are not employable." http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-laidoff0323,0,5120855.story 49 comments business
- What are the costs and benefits of "Full time Graduate School" vs "Part Time Graduate School while working" for a new college grad, both are fully funded. https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/690i9s/what_are_the_costs_and_benefits_of_full_time/ 2 comments cscareerquestions
- The most delinquent loan of them all: Student debt delinquencies at record levels on the eve of rates doubling. Half of college graduates working in jobs where their degree is not required. http://www.mybudget360.com/student-debt-amount-student-loans-and-college-graduate-employment-statistics/ 11 comments politics
- Doctors who graduated from Pakistani colleges may not be able to work in the United States (US) after Jan 2024 as the country has failed to meet the criteria of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) https://www.dawn.com/news/1702412/fate-of-pakistani-medical-graduates-working-in-us-hangs-in-balance 15 comments pakistan
- So I'm Warehouse-Worker & Bartender. Throughout 2015, I taught myself web-design, after being unable to find full-time work after graduating college in 2013. I built a website-portfolio of college/internship work-samples. Seeking feedback/critique of website. (link in text) http://dylansc22.github.io/portfolio/ 17 comments webdev
- Why Do We Need Expensive College Degrees to Get A Simple Job? Until 1960 or so, the percentage of people getting college degrees was relatively low. There was plenty of work for people who had ‘merely’ graduated from high school, and a high school graduate could support a family. http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/07/26/why-do-we-need-expensivecollege-degrees-to-get-a-simple-job/ 28 comments reddit.com
- "The impact of tuition-free education has been remarkable. Millennials no longer ask whether college is worth the cost. Working parents feel they can attend college. Graduates face a debt-free future." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/free-tuition-has-made-a-remarkable-impact-on-the-community-college-i-lead/2016/03/25/1342bcb6-ec45-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html 7 comments politics
- CPAC's Kate Obenshain about the education system: “pre-school all the way to college to post-graduate work,” is one big “liberal indoctrination camp” that convinces women to reject marriage in order to go about life “determined to find evidence of sexism everywhere they turn.” http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/cpac-womens-panel-fights-sexist-obamacare-and-liberal-indoctrination-camps 5 comments politics
- The typical college degree has large costs, but it's questionable whether the benefits are usually there. Should everyone go to college, especially considering that 60% of college graduates work in low-skilled jobs (only require high school education)? Would vocational training be more profitable? http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=403 33 comments business