Job Market an Extra Hard Test for New College Graduates

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http The month of June means one more big test for many students finishing college — a test of the job market. Wish them luck. Americans age twenty to twenty-four faced an unemployment rate in May of fourteen and seven-tenths percent. That was five percentage points higher than the national rate.The National Association of Colleges and Employers says about one-fourth of those who applied for a job have found one. The organization says that is up a little from last year. But the number is down sharply from two thousand seven, the year before the financial crash.Josh Safran graduated from American University in Washington with a business degree. He is still looking for a job.He said: “Once you get noticed by a company, it gets a lot easier, but it’s so hard to get noticed because there’s so many people looking for so few jobs.”One way to get noticed is through an internship program, says Reuben Smith-Vaughn, another graduate of American University. Internships may offer little or no money. Some students even pay for them. But the National Association of Colleges and Employers says ninety-two percent of the employers it asked had plans to hire interns this year.The Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Labor Department offers job market predictions through twenty eighteen. The highest growth is expected in biomedical engineering. Twenty-two-year-old Sarah Kramer just got her degree in …
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