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new grad underemployment |
| Message Name: |
discussion |
| Date Posted: |
11/04/2003 |
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Just wanting to start a discussion here. I am a May 2003 graduate with degrees in finance and economics, both with honors. However, at the time of graduation, I still had no job. I immediately jumped on the first offer that I had, even though it meant that 1) I would be moving to a city that I wasn't overly excited about moving to 2) the work is something that, while still somewhat relevant, was still not quite the line of work that I had wanted to go into (first choices were ibanking and business valuation, but was rejected by 2 Big 4 accounting firms after second round interviews and 2 Ibanks after first rounds) and finally 3) pays below what I think I'm worth, especially for the hours and deadlines that I'm having to endure. So now that we are seeing upturns in the general economy and job growth (argue with the statistics all you want, there are more postings and active hirings now than there were 6 months ago, and the BLS always lags, y'know), what does everybody out there think about recent grads who were forced to underemployment due to the poor recent hiring seasons?
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