What does job market hold for college grads?

May 20, 2009 (NECN) - School is out and summer is ahead, but for college students, that means trying to stay afloat in the worst economy their generation has known. According to an AP/MTVU poll, 22 percent of students polled say they worry about having enough money to get through the week. One in five decided to go to graduate school, worried an undergraduate degree might not be enough to get them a job, and eleven percent of those whose parents last a job veered away from grad school, because they can not afford it. So what does the job market hold for new college graduates? Experience.com says the situation is not as bad you might think. Founder and CEO Jenny Floren joins us with the surprising results of the 2009 annual jobs survey.

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[welhungjohnson]

Hahahaha, the only people making money are the professors selling these stupid, naive, kids an "education". These crooks are in the business of selling hopes and dreams.

[danr2019]

so her job is to tell us how to get a job? Id rather hear from someone who hires people or got a job in this economy.....somewhere besides through daddys connections

[polyideas]

WHY DO WHT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING!!! ?????? DONT GO TO COLLEGE... LEARN TO PROGRAM A LANGUAGE, MAKE A WEBSITE AND START YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND MAKE MONEY IN THE BILLIONS!

[SuperPhdiva]

@prettylyricsmarie Sad to say, its going to continue getting worse.

[prettylyricsmarie]

the market is totally bad for college graduates...since this video was made unemployment has not gotten better...

[destroyer8604]

@evarojas and those that do have a job are likely to be underemployed. 50% of all college grads are either unemployed or working HS level jobs. You will find many grads waiting tables for example. Those that have those great jobs are either rich kids that went to work for Daddy, grads from Ivy league schools where the name of the school gets them the job or they are just lucky. and employers dont care if you graduated. they only care if you have experience. No experience no job

[kaunas88]

There may be shortage in people in science and engineering, but there is NO shortage of people in the humanities and assorted fields like business and Sociology.

[destroyer8604]

How the hell is 17% normal? people go to college to get a job and then only 17% of the people are able to get jobs? Thats not normal at all. 95% sounds normal to me. thats only about 1 in 7 people.

[scottandrewhutchins]

I have a master's degree, but most of my experience is in b.s. low-level office jobs, which don't even seem to be available these days. Most businesses care more about your work experience than your education, so I'm regarded as a mediocre office clerk and not the media specialist and award winning writer with a high IQ that I have proven myself to be.