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unemployment rate ... 2.5%. This study has 5.6% unemployment and under employment at 12.6% http://www.epi.org/publication/class-of-2016/ http://www.epi.org/pu

unemployment rate ... 2.5%. This study has 5.6% unemployment and under employment at 12.6% http://www.epi.org/publication/class-of-2016/ http://www.epi.org/publication/class-of-2016/

s73ver 9y ago
Could one be the unemployment rate of all with a college degree, and one be the unemployment rate of recent grads?
nandemo 9y ago
The article is talking about college graduates in general. The study you linked to is about young college graduates (age 21 to 24).
- HeavenBanned 9y ago
  I graduated in 2011 with a non-STEM degree, and I still don't have a job. I won't be employed until 2020 at this rate (in pursuit of a C.S. M.S.). The "job numbers" after the Great Derecession are lies. Pure lies. The unemployment rate is probably more closer to 25%. You can't survive in this economy if it's not STEM. A lot of people here defending the H1-Bs sadly. One guy said "if you can't compete in this economy get another job"...seriously? That's what you're going to say to your compatriot? Get a job in a different field after slaving for a decade in under and non-employment? That's how we view each other? As obstacles to further a company's bottom line? We should unequivocally be "America First". Period. Especially after a great depression like we just had. Maybe when we're prosperous and on-top again economically, we can lax the rules. But when shit hits the fan one should generally keep the doors closed.
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