The Choice of a Lifetime

BARRY CHEUNG
Staff Writer

“I want to be a doctor! Actually, I want this major now and this job!” College graduates are commonly indecisive about their job choices and desire several different ones. Getting a degree is hard enough, but how hard is it to get a job afterwards? According to a 2013 AfterCollege Job-Seeker Survey, 68.1 percent of college students find it either moderate or difficult to obtain a job. In addition, according to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey and the U.S. Department of Labor, around 53.6 percent of bachelor degree holders were unemployed or jobless in 2011. The road to obtaining a job after college can be a long and difficult one.