I have a college degree...HIRE ME!!!
Santa Clara University Class of '09
There are over 12 million undergraduates in America. Divide that number by 4 and you will very roughly get thenumber of graduating college undergrads. There are 14.5 million people who are unemployed and the unemployment rate has risen 4.5 percentage points since the start of this recession. After 17 years of schooling and four years of college, usually rasing percentage points is a good thing. Unfortunately, this only makes life after college for a young person or adult that much more difficult. Attending school and living in one of the most expensive areas in the United States, having a steady source of income, or one that pays well enough, is an absolute must. According to FORBES, almost 20 of the top 100 most expensive areas in the United States are within 100 miles of the Santa Clara University campus. Stress is placed on children and adolescents of all ages by parents and family to obtain a college degree simply because it will place you ahead in life and provide opportunities that would not be present without it. Hmmmmm....is this really true? It seems to me that after my four years in college I ended up simply memorizing facts and numbers. Do they have professional facts and number memorizers in the real world? I’m pretty sure I could at least get my foot in the door at that place. The number of unemployed college graduates has risen to 1.413 million, not including those who have gone back to school or who simply are not looking for work. So, the roughly 4 million college graduates that will be thrown to the wolves this graduation season are having it rough and in no way by any fault of their own. The lack of emphasis on readying undergraduate students for life after college, the school as factory concept, and the ever-rising number of people attending college all factor in to the difficulties of undergraduates finding employment, college graduate level employment.
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