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Amidst the wails of despair across the U.S. about the country’s seemingly intractable unemployment plight, something seems to have gone unnoticed -- joblessness among college graduates is fairly low, and has been steadily declining for the past few years.
However, if one examines the August BLS jobs report closely, one finds something interesting -- the unemployment rate for college graduates (that is, those holding at least a Bachelor’s degree) is only 4.3 percent. Moreover, this figure has slowly declined from 5.0 percent in August 2010. Despite Unemployment Worries, 95% of U.S. College Grads Have Jobs - Jobs & Hire
It's all about perception. If you think college graduates as well as the uneducated can't find jobs that leads you down a different path of thought than if they told you only the uneducated can't find jobs.
The devil is in the details and most don't bother to read those details.
Not around here pal. 5.3 unemployment rate. Or in other .3 higher then the national average in good times.
Lotta educated people around here and in case ya didnt get the memo, they decided to sit this one out.
What's the unemployment rate of unskilled men over 50? That is a number I would LOVE to see. Heck, what is their employment rate? As unskilled older men lose employability, they drop out of the workforce at remarkable rates.
Amidst the wails of despair across the U.S. about the country’s seemingly intractable unemployment plight, something seems to have gone unnoticed -- joblessness among college graduates is fairly low, and has been steadily declining for the past few years.
However, if one examines the August BLS jobs report closely, one finds something interesting -- the unemployment rate for college graduates (that is, those holding at least a Bachelor’s degree) is only 4.3 percent. Moreover, this figure has slowly declined from 5.0 percent in August 2010. Despite Unemployment Worries, 95% of U.S. College Grads Have Jobs - Jobs & Hire
Problem is -- how accurate can those figures be -- for many college graduates, if they don't get that perfect high paying job, they simply remain in college.
They aren't counted as unemployed as long as they're staying in college.
I heard something the other day that really amazed me. The average age of a college student now is 28 years of age. I looked it up and found this but it's almost 3 years ago:
The average student age in the U.S. has been climbing steadily in recent years. At both Harvard and Notre Dame the average age is now 27. The University of Phoenix, which offers both online and traditional degree programs, has an average student age of 35-37.
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