June 23, 2003

College grads not liking the job market
Posted by jbutler@bostonworks.com">Jason Butler at 9:55 AM -

Graduating college students are feeling the cold slap of reality.

Just a few weeks ago, they were facing the future with blind optimism, confident that a job would turn up someplace soon. Now, members of the class of 2003 are finding that it's a lot tougher in the real world than they'd anticipated.

Full-time employment has yet to materialize for students who delayed their job search. Others are banking on the relationships they built while on internships to help them find permanent work. Still others are the envy of their peers: They've got jobs.

In 1994, a similarly tough year, I graduated without a job. It was depressing. A couple of months later, I ended up getting a job through my sister's best friend's husband.

Keep trying, job leads can come from the strangest places.

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