Half of College Grads in Jobs That Don't Need Degrees

The New York Times reports:

Andrew Sum, an economics professor at Northeastern University, said the job market was awful for this year’s college grads and high school grads. Many college graduates are finding jobs that do not require bachelor’s degrees, like retail clerk, office assistant or barista, he said. Using federal labor statistics, he has found that only 51 percent of college graduates under age 25 were working in jobs that require college educations, down from 59 percent in 2000.

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