It's a tough job market for the young with college degrees. A lot of large companies are displacing (firing) experienced talent in an effort to get cheaper, an

It's a tough job market for the young with college degrees. A lot of large companies are displacing (firing) experienced talent in an effort to get cheaper, and it's putting a lot of experienced, talented people back in the market. Many companies are simply hiring experience for not a ton more money (since they're now unemployed) over entry level. At my company (fortune 500, not a tech company), I've been very involved in internship and entry level hiring since I remember how hard it was for me to land my first post-college job in 2004. We've had layoffs, and I don't see the strength in our internship and entry level programs that I did even last year - and we're a healthy company. Anyhow, first post, don't beat me to death :)