Everything you ever wanted to know about how you are so not getting a job after graduation

Remember back in October when economists were saying we should prepare for a possible 7.1% unemployment rate by the time May graduation dates roll around? Well, in January the U.S. unemployment rate rose from an already-higher-than-that 7.2% to 7.6%. The highest cuts? The finance industry - not so surprising - Citigroup alone laid off 50,000 workers.

So where are the jobs? Seems like chemicals and pharmaceuticals are the way to go (too bad I almost failed chemistry in 10th grade) and according to sources like Forbes, Businessweek and HRWorld, anyone looking for a quick career-path change should look to technology, healthcare, education and … administrative assistant? Well, if anyone goes for the latter, I could use someone to remind me to blog more often.

Check out WSJ.com for a detailed breakdown of the biggest layoffs by industry sent to me by the last person who reminded me to blog more often. Seriously, go look at it, it’s really cool.

Posted February 16, 2009 at 11:27 pm by Erin | Share on Facebook
Categories: Economy, Student Finance, Wall Street

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