Post Gazette: "When Nena Razmara was laid off in November from her $70,000-a-year job with a high-end residential building supplier, she thought she would be working again by Christmas.
Having worked in residential construction for 20 years, she was used to finding work by flipping through her Rolodex.
'Usually it's three phone calls, three job offers, and off you go,' Ms. Razmara, 45, said.
The Woodbridge, Va., resident made her three phone calls. Then three more. But she still had no leads. For the first time since she graduated from college in the 1980s, she scoured help-wanted ads. She sent out more than 150 resumes and posted one on Craigslist under the heading, 'I desperately need a job.'"
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The fact that a college degree doesn't give job security has been scaring me lately. I know that 2 years is a long time before I will be out in the real world, but I feel as though jobs that might usually go to interns are now going to overly qualified older workers. WHen people are out of a job, they take those that normally go to younger folks like summer restaurant jobs etc. Many of my friends were jobless last summer for this fact. Places can hire full time staff as opposed to summer staff that leaves once schools start again.
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