(This post is closely related to my previous post WSJ Article: …Grads May Be Stuck in Low-Skill Jobs) This is from my comment on the article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324883604578396680112980530.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories While it may be true that in some cases the employer is seeking lower costs, the evidence clearly points to the fact that in too many instances, companies […]
WSJ Article: …Grads May Be Stuck in Low-Skill Jobs
March 26, 2013 by
My comment is below. Here is a link to the article and summary of the issue in the article that I commented on: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323466204578382753004333838.html#articleTabs%3Darticle%26commentId%3D5606582 Summary: 1. College graduates hired into low skilled jobs during the recession may be stuck there. 2. A study seems to indicate that the high tech jobs aren’t there.3. David Autor, […]
Links to Salary Surveys at Universities
January 4, 2013 by
(More will be added) (more added at bottom, 1/24/2013) Georgia Tech http://www.adors.gatech.edu/commencement/salary_report_result.cfm?college=TOTAL&level=1&surveyid=62&Submit=Submit Carnegie Mellon http://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/index.html (This is an example of what you get when you click on one of Carnegie’s links: http://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2012-survey/pdfs-one-pagers/2012_SCS.pdf ) Washington University in St. Louis http://careercenter.wustl.edu/about/Documents/annualreport11-12.print.pdf MIT http://web.mit.edu/facts/alum.html General Links NerdScholar http://www.nerdwallet.com/nerdscholar/ (Go to “compare schools” and pick schools to see salaries. Payscale http://www.payscale.com/college-education-value […]
Great post on The Atlantic Site about Law Schools
Here is the link: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/the-jobs-crisis-at-our-best-law-schools-is-much-much-worse-than-you-think/274795/ Here are more disturbing numbers. The salaries of those who reported full time jobs are extremely bimodally distributed – with well over 60% making less than $65,000/yr and 14%making about $160,000/yr and not a lot in between. (From the website of The Association of Legal Career Professionals. See their Salary […]