With Bleak Job Market, Should College Students Go Right to Grad School?
Frustratingly, the job market environment is so bleak that many graduating college students are starting to question what to do with their degrees. The offers are few and far between, the jobs they were targeting have no openings, and the starting salaries aren’t what they anticipated in an environment where even tenured employees are seeing salary freezes and reductions. That begs the question as to whether it’s even worth entering the job market at this time if other options present themselves. Here are a few considerations:
Why Grad School?
Primarily, you’ve got to ask yourself whether you really want or need a graduate degree. More…
Posted by Dr. Brian Williams on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 8:22 am
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