As someone that interviews new grads on a regular basis, and is currently in the process of interviewing myself, I have to both agree and disagree with my peer's article "Hold A Bachelor Degree and Need A Job? GOOD LUCK." There are many reasons a company decides to hire or not hire a new grad. Some of Analise's reasonings are true in the high tech company I work for. Others, I dispute as conventional wisdom that has outlived it's time in progressive American business.


Significant job hopping is detrimental, but a willingness to be underemployed instead of unemployed shows conviction. If I see a new grad working drive-thru at McDonald's and applying to work on my team three months later, I understand and applaud their reasoning. If they graduated a year ago, and have had four jobs, I will likely pass on interviewing them. It used to be that all employers expected a minimum job commitment and for that commitment to be shown in previous work history, but the economy today has caused us to rethink our ideas of what shows good work ethic. Is it better for a bright young person to languish in a position that does not utilize their skills, or to continue to find upward growth?


I do agree that many recent grads have a sense of entitlement that is not welcome in the workplace. They believe that they graduated and now it is time for the world to pay for all their hard work at school. What many don't realize, is that the opposite is true. They spent four years in school, and have proven nothing to their eventual employer. They still must show their worth to a company before they will see any eventual rewards. The company is still taking a risk on unproven talent.   


Unemployment for new grads is certainly higher than any of us would like to see it, but it is not impossible to get a good job as long as you educate yourself on where the opportunities lie. Our own government publishes reports through the Bureau of Labor and Statistics on the increase or decrease in projected job availability for different careers. It is up to us to make intelligent choices on where we want to be, and where we will likely have a future.






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