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college graduates stories: 21 news summaries

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 Forget Fetching Coffee: 
 Interns Work From Home 

'Virtual internships' take among small business

Sep 29, 09 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Companies have long used internships to avoid paying young people, but increasingly they don't want to see their interns at all. "Virtual internships," where recent grads do research and sales or work with social media from home, has expanded from an unheard-of practice to "something almost every... More »

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technology • work • employment • college graduates • telecommuting • internship • social media

 US Grads Turn to China 


Aug 11, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Large numbers of American graduates shut out of the job market at home are turning to the East for opportunities, the New York Times reports. A surge of young Americans have left to try their luck in Shanghai and Beijing in recent years, attracted by the strong economy and the... More »

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China • entrepreneurs • Beijing • Shanghai • expatriates • college graduates • women's issues

'09 Grads Picky Despite Grim Jobs Market

Below-par jobs rejected as grads wait for economy to rebound

Jul 25, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many of this year's college grads are confounding career advisers by rejecting suggestions that they can't afford to be choosy about what job to take in a recession, the New York Times reports. The grads say they don't want to be forced into less-than-ideal jobs and career paths by economic... More »

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higher education • employment • recruitment • unemployment • college graduates • job vacancies

(Newser) - Figure-skating champions Michelle Kwan and Sarah Hughes both had to step outside the rink to land their latest accomplishment—graduating from college. Five-time world champ Kwan, 28, received a Bachelor's degree in international studies with a political science minor from the University of Denver. Hughes, meanwhile, completed a degree in... More »

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Yale University • graduation • figure skating • college graduates • Michelle Kwan • Sarah Hughes

Michelle to
California Grads:
We Need You

First lady exhorts public service as 12K attend speech to 500 grads

May 17, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - While her husband’s commencement speeches were plagued by controversy, Michelle Obama received adoration from graduates at the University of California, Merced, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. During a 29-minute address on a 100-degree day, the first lady encouraged graduates to pursue public service careers. “We are going to... More »

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California • Michelle Obama • University of California • graduation • commencement speech • college graduates • public service • Merced

(Newser) - Jimmy Fallon performed 20 minutes of stand-up today and walked away with two college degrees, the Albany Times Union reports. Receiving a bachelor of arts and an honorary doctorate 17 years after entering the College of Saint Rose in upstate New York, the Late Night host kept fellow grads laughing... More »

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Jimmy Fallon • college graduates • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

College Grads Face Years of Lower Wages

Economists pile on the bad news for the struggling class of '09

May 9, 09 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recession will mean paltry pay for the Class of '09 for many years to come, economists tell the Wall Street Journal. College grads are entering the toughest labor market in 25 years and competition is driving down starting wages for those lucky enough to land jobs, an effect research... More »

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wages • employment • recession • US economy • job market • labor market • college graduates

 Jobless China Faces Grad Glut 


Apr 28, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - In recent years, the sight of an unemployed college graduate in China was as rare as a panda. But up to one third of last year's 5.6 million college graduates remain jobless, the Wall Street Journal reports. After years of the country's mostly state-run universities upping enrollment by as... More »

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China • recession • Chinese economy • college graduates

Salaries Down $1,100
for This Year's Grads

Credentialed jobs are faring best in downturn

Apr 8, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - More bad news for 1.5 million college seniors graduating this year into a tough job market: Less money. The average salary offer to a new recipient of a bachelor's degree is $48,515, down 2.2% from last year's $49,624, says a survey by the National Association of... More »

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unemployment • job market • college graduates • salaries • internship

College Grads Facing Worst Job Market in 7 Years

Experts say situation unlikely to improve by fall

Mar 4, 09 6:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Employers will hire 22% fewer graduates this spring compared to last year—making this year’s dropoff the largest since the 9/11 attacks and the dot-com bust devastated the economy in 2002, BusinessWeek reports. And the situation could worsen, with 46% of employers unsure if hiring levels will rebound... More »

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business • finance • economy • job • college graduates

opinion


 Grads: Be 
 Glad You're 
 Finally Free 
 of This 

Wall Street's collapse is a blessing in disguise

Feb 20, 09 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The best asset an imploded Wall Street is providing this year’s college grads is their freedom, Ellen Goodman writes in the Boston Globe. During the boom, bright students streamed to Wall Street, but those days seem over. Sure, without a phalanx of white-collar recruiters after them, many have no... More »

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Wall Street • Harvard • college student • college graduates • Drew Faust

 Bummer Economy? 
 Move Home! 

More adult children are moving in with parents

Jan 13, 09 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - A bleak job market and skyrocketing rents have college grads—even working adults—boomeranging back to their childhood homes, something that's fast losing its social stigma, the Boston Globe reports. About half of adults ages 18 and 24 live with their parents. More »

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children • parents • rent • unemployment • job market • economy • college graduates • financial crisis

GLOSSIES

Economic Crisis Wallops Business Grads

Current students jockey for fewer jobs; programs see surge in applications

Nov 16, 08 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - With the financial world in free-fall, recent business-school graduates are finding fewer jobs and fierce competition for the ones that remain, Business Week reports. “A lot of the factors affecting my future employment are out of my hands,” said one MBA student preparing to hunt for a job... More »

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business school • risk management • consulting • college graduates • financial crisis


 NBC Pages 
 Seek Bigtime 
 on $10/Hour 

Ted Koppel, Regis Philbin alums of yearlong program

Oct 13, 08 6:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Screaming girls, predawn starts, and 6-day weeks are a lot to handle on $10 an hour—but NBC pages see success at the end of the tunnel, the New York Times reports. They know that hours of smiling schlep work—think photocopies and coffee—have led luminaries like Regis Philbin... More »

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NBC • broadcasting • Regis Philbin • Michael Eisner • Rockefeller Center • job • college graduates • Ted Koppel • page • Jack McBrayer

 Dear Mom, Dad: 
 Please Send Bailout 

Parents face tough choices as debt-ridden kids struggle to find work

Oct 8, 08 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The families of many debt-laden college graduates are pondering bailouts of their own as the job market sours, the Wall Street Journal reports. With the average student loan now $22,000, parents of some struggling grads face a tough choice—to let their kids learn a lesson about credit the... More »

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parenting • student loans • debt • credit card • college loans • student debt • college graduates

New Purdue Grad Hits the Streets

Would-be ad man makes his pitch on Fort Wayne streetcorner

Jul 31, 08 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rob Sedlmeyer needs a job, and he doesn't care who knows it. The May college grad wants a marketing or advertising gig, so he's marketing and advertising himself—at a Fort Wayne intersection. After applications scored him just two interviews and no job, he took to the streets. The “... More »

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advertising • marketing • unemployment • college graduates • Fort Wayne • intersection • resume

 UK Immigration Rules
 Would Exclude
 This Man 

Without college degree, Gates wouldn't qualify for visa aimed to bring skilled labor

Jul 16, 08 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Strict new immigration rules aimed at attracting highly skilled workers to Britain would keep tech icons Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell from getting top-tier visas, Bloomberg notes, because they don't have college degrees. "It's a dumbing-down,'' one opponent says. "If you're a 20-something American with... More »

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immigration • Steve Jobs • Bill Gates • immigration reform • Gordon Brown • college • Michael Dell • Britain • skilled labor • college graduates

 Most Lucrative College Majors 

Computer engineering tops list for grads seeking quick cash

Jun 21, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - College students looking for fast cash after graduation should study computer engineering, Forbes reports. Here are the most lucrative college majors, with salaries for beginners and veterans alike:
  • Computer engineering ($60,500-$104,000)
  • Economics ($48,000-$96,200)
  • Electrical engineering ($59,900-$96,100)
  • Computer science ($54,200-$94,000)
  • Mechanical
... More »

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economics • finance • college • psychology • engineering • mathematics • college graduates

Obama Takes Message of Hope to Wesleyan

Dem urges grads to bypass 'money culture'

May 25, 08 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama stepped in for Ted Kennedy to deliver Wesleyan University’s commencement address today, and urged graduates to look beyond "our money culture" to a higher cause. “There is nothing naïve about your impulse to change this world,” Obama told the 800 graduates and guests... More »

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Barack Obama • Ted Kennedy • commencement speech • college graduates

College Grads Learn the Fourth 'R': Recession

Job growth crawls to 5-year low as students prep their résumés

May 4, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - If college grads are looking glum this year, it's likely because they face a tighter job market once they turn their tassels. More than one million grads will look harder to find work, the Christian Science Monitor reports, and job growth has hit a 5-year low. Companies "are... More »

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construction • finance • salary • job market • college graduates

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