I just watched the evening news and a report about college grads looking for jobs. Who do they feature but a JOURNALISM major who can't find a job. No sh*t. DON'T get a degree in journalism...or comparative literature, etc., if you want a job.
The report then announced that unemployment for young people is almost 15%. So, I'm sure all those JW parents are out there telling their kids how lucky they are they aren't wasting their time on an education. However, I accessed the August 2010 statistics, and they tell a very different story for college grads. Check it out... Granted, these are for people 26 year or older, but the numbers certainly speak for themselves.
America has TONS of open jobs right now that we can't fill because we are too uneducated, which is why corporations like Microsoft keep asking the government to allow more worker visas.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
Unemployment rates
Total, 16 years and over.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 9.5 9.6 9.6 0.0
Adult men (20 years and over).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 9.7 9.8 9.8 0.0
Adult women (20 years and over).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.0 0.0
Teenagers (16 to 19 years).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1 26.1 26.3 26.0 -0.3
White.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 8.6 8.7 8.7 0.0
Black or African American.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.5 15.6 16.3 16.1 -0.2
Asian (not seasonally adjusted).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 8.2 7.2 6.4 –
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 12.1 12.0 12.4 0.4
Total, 25 years and over.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 8.1 8.3 8.3 0.0
Less than a high school diploma.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.0 13.8 14.0 15.4 1.4
High school graduates, no college.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 10.1 10.3 10.0 -0.3
Some college or associate degree.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 8.3 8.7 9.1 0.4
Bachelor’s degree and higher.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.4 -0.2