Be Cool (and Employable) – Stay In School

August 21, 2009 5:00 pm     Posted in News, Reality  Melissa - GW g+ page

jobless grads

"Dude, we totally should have done the 10 year plan."

God, am I lucky to still be in college.  And no, I’m not just talking about the amazing carefree, party animal, parent-less lifestyle of mine (life literally does not. get. better).  I’m talking about the luxury of not having to deal with the real world in a currently not-so-great world.


By Melissa

As if graduating and moving on to becoming an adult and a real person (ew) isn’t bad enough, struggling to get a job doesn’t make it all any more appealing.  Nothing sucks more than going for an interview and then waiting to hear back…only to realize there is a great chance you won’t. Ever. At all. Just imagine how the class of 2009 feels, as fewer than a fifth of the graduating seniors have job offers. A fifth!!  The frustration and aggravation is awful, and people are being forced to completely alter their original life plans.

As a result, graduates are looking for alternatives to work, such as volunteering and participating in public service programs (applications for the Peace Corps were up by 16 percent this spring over last year!) and even going abroad to find other options. Others are expecting to attend graduate or professional school.

Even the lucky ones who do actually get offers aren’t so lucky.  Jobs for new college grads are paying less than in previous years.

It’s times and statistics like these that make me love my 2 hour art history class, which used to be quite a difficult task considering the prof is more interested in hearing his own voice than saying anything marginally interesting to us students. But I’ll take that over being a jobless grad any day.

Ugh. College, don’t ever leave me!

10 Comments on "Be Cool (and Employable) – Stay In School"

  1. S says:
    Fri, 21st Aug 20095:06 pm 

    major in english and minors in spanish and bible?! what the hell is that. no wonder the guy in the article is not getting jobs. just what kind of jobs would he apply for with that degree…

  2. nicole says:
    Fri, 21st Aug 20097:37 pm 

    haha…pretty explains my life right now. i'm a graduate of the 2009 class. life is hard post-college, especially where i am working for free in order to try to at least get my foot in the door for a job.

  3. Jennifer says:
    Sat, 22nd Aug 200912:20 am 

    If it wasn't for all those god damn worthless baby boomers, the economy wouldn't be as fucked up as it is for all of the college students and recent college graduates. What a load of shit. How is it fair that they get to ruin the futures of all the young people in their 20s with their old wrinkly ass worthlessness. Hopefully they all die out fast so they don't continue to wreck our economy so much, and the young people can have a chance in their professsional lives. They contribute nothing of value to the economy except taking up space and resources for their dumbasses.

  4. Sam says:
    Sat, 22nd Aug 20095:13 am 

    Yeah Jennifer, because the baby boomers never contributed anything to help us get to where we are now.

  5. laurenabra says:
    Sat, 22nd Aug 20097:48 am 

    I graduated in May and my younger brother is starting college in a few days. I have never been so jealous of anything in my life. If I knew what the economy was going to be like in 2009 when I matriculated in 2005 I probably would have set up some 5 or 6 year plan. Now I'm living at home and listening to my parents ask if I'm depressed because I'm jobless… I'm not…just indescribably frustrated! Anyways- my blog is all about finding a job and occupying yourself while doing so… so if anyone feels like commiserating its -www.woesofacollegegrad.wordpress.com

    peace out cub scout

  6. Jennifer says:
    Sun, 23rd Aug 20092:49 am 

    Sam- I am glad you agree. The baby boomers are to blame for the financial catastophe that is going to screw the futures of everyone in college right now. Why couldn’t they all just die already instead of bankrupting the country. They have nothing left to contribute to society besides taking up space and resources of the more important and younger people. Just stay out of our way and get off your ass and start working you lazy baby boomers. Baby boomers are the worst.

  7. Vicki says:
    Sun, 23rd Aug 200911:14 am 

    I think that Sam was being sarcastic.

  8. Sam says:
    Sun, 23rd Aug 20094:21 pm 

    Yes, Vicki, I just slightly was.

  9. Star says:
    Mon, 31st Aug 20096:27 pm 

    And the award for "People Whose Children/Friends Won't Support Them When They Grow Old" goes to Jennifer. Also the award for people who wouldn't know sarcasm if it walked up, smacked them in the face, pulled its pants down, and did a salsa dance down the sidewalk. Though I'm pretty sure Jennifer's either a troll or stupid enough to get run over by a car soon anyway. Then she can stop taking up space :)

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