Sunday, May 23, 2010

Stalled on the road to adulthood

The Chicago Tribune reports:
Even though he's nearing his 30th birthday, Andy Gleeson's life is far from settled.

In June, the bookstore where he has worked for five years is scheduled to close. The lease on his Logan Square apartment will run out, and a long-term relationship has ended. So he is packing up his possessions and moving to New York, lured by nothing more than a buddy with an empty couch.

"I thought that by the time I reached 30, I'd be a lot further along in my career," said Gleeson, who has a marketing degree from University of Illinois Chicago. "But most of my friends are in the same situation."
There's more:
The job site CollegeGrad.com's online poll reports that 64 percent of 2009 college graduates are back in the nest.
No word yet from the education lobby who claim college graduates make such high salaries right out of college.