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Infographic: Good Luck Getting a Job with These 10 Degrees
A college degree is no longer a golden ticket to instant career success. Recent statistics show that nine percent of young adults with bachelor
College Graduates Putting Life on Hold to Pay Back Loans
In our society, people have been expected to follow a certain path. Finish high school, go to college, get married, buy a house, start a family. These days, though, more and more young adults are postponing the wedding and the mortgage and the babies in favor of moving back home with Mom and Dad.
The lack of decent-paying job prospects for recent college graduates and the excessive student loan debt that most of them are saddled with has many young Americans putting their lives on hold to make their loan payments.
Top 10 Worst Job Interview Mistakes
Despite recent optimistic statistics claiming that employers are expected to hire more college graduates in 2012 than last year, the Associated Press reports that half of our country
Don’t Let Fear of College Get You Down
Even though going to college can be incredibly exciting, it
The Woes of the College Wait List
Being turned down for something you really want stinks. Just ask any high school senior who received a rejection letter from his dream college. Learning the bad news definitely hurts, but this year thousands and thousands of students have been placed on college wait lists
Top 10 Student Dream Colleges 2012
Spring is in the air and acceptance letters have been received, which means that it
College Majors: Do They Really Matter?
In 2009 President Obama set the goal that the United States should have more college graduates than any other nation in the world by 2020. With that in mind, any type of college degree seems like a big achievement, but some are worth more than others.
Most of us accept the fact that certain careers come with higher salaries than others, but your choice of college major might play a bigger role in your future opportunities than you realize.
Best College Degrees 2012
Chinese philosopher Confucius said,
Job Market for Graduates Improving
Earning your degree this spring? You may have a better chance at landing a job than friends who graduated just a year or two ago. According to international news agency Reuters, hiring is