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Even Harvard Grads Feel the Job Squeeze

By Alison Go

June 23, 2008 RSS Feed Print

In these inauspicious times, it will surprise no one that college-age folk—law students or summer job seekers alike—are having a tough time finding jobs, and according to a vaguely scientific Harvard Crimson survey, even those in the cushy Ivy League aren't immune. Around 66 percent of workforce-bound Harvard seniors reported having a job lined up, compared with 73 percent in a similar survey last year, prompting this question: If even Harvard grads can't find jobs, what do we mere mortals have to hope for?

Another unsurprising stat: Harvard graduates are less interested in consulting and financial sector jobs (39 percent are pursuing those careers, down from 47 percent last year) and are instead opting for work in the arts, health services, media, and public service.

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^u mad doggie?

harvard diplomat of MA 6:05AM August 22, 2008

ivy league schools creat tomorrow next spawn of evil. which one of you people who dumped your last boyfriend or girlfriend becuase your bio-chem book was more attractive.

ill give you this. you have to have a big IQ and ego to get into an ivy league school.

but you also have to be narrow headed and know how to look down on other people..

chum.

the guy who flipped college the bird and made a million on his own of 5:49PM July 06, 2008

I think it actually isn't "another unsurprising stat" that Harvard grads are less interested in consulting/finance jobs...considering how aggressively such firms recruit at top-notch Ivy schools and the kind of starting salaries they offer. In fact, Harvard's president recently spoke about the need for fewer Harvard grads to take big-bucks finance jobs in lieu of public-service ones.

Liz of PA 4:42PM June 23, 2008

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