Yostivanich

Every­one seems to know some­one whose child grad­u­ated dean’s list and can’t find work fetch­ing cof­fee. But if you want offi­cial num­bers, here they are: Employ­ers esti­mated that their hir­ing of recent grad­u­ates declined 21.6 per­cent in 2009, and that it would drop another 7 per­cent this year. Just under 20 per­cent of grad­u­at­ing seniors look­ing for jobs were lucky enough to land one.

via Big City — Pri­or­ity Can­di­dates Wants Grad­u­ates Off Sofa and Into Job — NYTimes.com. Scary sta­tis­tic for col­lege grad­u­ates, also about the only rea­son to read the article.