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Vany soon-to-bo graduatos w|th advancod dogroos trom wo||-rospoctod |nst|tut|ons across tho
country-|aw schoo|s and bus|noss schoo|s among thom-aro t|nd|ng |t hardor than oxpoctod
socur|ng omp|oymont as tho anom|c oconomy cont|nuos to strugg|o w|th tho advorso attor
ottocts ot tho Groat locoss|on and a pors|stont|y sott job markot-charactor|zod by
oconom|sts as a markot |n wh|ch thoro's an ovorsupp|y ot workors at a t|mo ot ||m|tod domand
by omp|oyors.
Wh||o |t's w|do|y pub||c|zod that tho unomp|oymont rato tor thoso w|th a co||ogo dogroo |s on|y 4
to b%-a|most ha|t tho curront U.3. unomp|oymont rato ot 0.1%, and a th|rd ot tho 12 to 1b%
rato tor thoso w|thout a co||ogo oducat|on-t|nd|ng work w|th a dogroo (or ovon two) |sn't
oxact|y a p|oco ot cako, o|thor.
lt's roa||y tough out thoro,' says 0an|ta V|nn|gan, 20, a Warron County, low 1orsoy nat|vo and studont at tho lowark campus ot tho
lutgors 3choo| ot law. Attor hav|ng t|n|shod hor socond yoar ot |aw schoo| th|s past Vay, V|nn|gan curront|y works as a summor assoc|ato.
1ho socond summor ot |aw schoo|, a t|mo whon many studonts sook out summor assoc|ato pos|t|ons at |aw t|rms, c|ork tor judgos, work at
tho |oca| d|str|ct attornoy's ott|co or porhaps at a sma|| pr|vato pract|co |n tho|r homotowns, |s soon as an ospoc|a||y cr|t|ca| t|mo tor |aw
studonts, as many ot thom hoad |nto tho summor hop|ng to como out ot tho |ntornsh|p oxpor|onco w|th a t|rm ottor ot omp|oymont upon
graduat|on.
And, trad|t|ona||y, that's otton boon tho caso. 1hat |s, unt|| tho rocoss|on h|t.
lot |n th|s oconomy,' says V|nn|gan, who curront|y works as a summor assoc|ato at a lowark t|rm. lt usod to bo ||ko that. lt usod to bo that
ovoryono workod at a t|rm, mado good monoy, and got an ottor, but t|rms havo bocomo vory so|oct|vo and summor |ntornsh|p c|assos havo
gotton sma||or |n rocont yoars.' low, says V|nn|gan, many ot hor socond yoar |aw schoo| c|assmatos-common|y known as 2l's-aro
t|nd|ng |t d|tt|cu|t to t|nd pa|d summor work.
last yoar, tho avorago numbor ot ottors by |aw t|rms tor 2010 summor assoc|ato pos|t|ons was sovon, accord|ng to stat|st|cs gathorod by
tho lat|ona| Assoc|at|on tor law l|acomont. 1hat t|guro |s down trom 10 ottors |n 2008 and 1b ottors |n 2007.
Vany ot my c|assmatos, who havo groat crodont|a|s, havo st||| boon strugg||ng to got jobs,' says V|nn|gan. loop|o aro st||| gott|ng jobs,
just not as oas||y as botoro.'
3omo t|rms, sho notod, tac|ng sma||or than oxpoctod budgots, aro ovon rosc|nd|ng ottors.
And tho stat|st|cs tor bus|noss schoo| studonts soom oqua||y as daunt|ng, accord|ng to 1acqu||no Chatt|n, d|roctor ot 1ho Caroor Contor at
3oton |a|| Un|vors|ty (3|U) |n 3outh Orango, low 1orsoy. Chatt|n's ott|co tracks tho numbor ot 3-schoo| studonts ottorod jobs upon
graduat|on attor hav|ng comp|otod an |ntornsh|p dur|ng tho yoar.
1ho rosu|ts, Chatt|n bo||ovos, sorvo as an |nd|cator ot what a g|von c|ass cou|d taco onco thoy h|t tho job markot whon graduat|on ro||s
around. ln a thr|v|ng oconomy, approx|mato|y bb% ot 3|U 3-schoo| studonts aro ottorod tu||-t|mo jobs attor comp|ot|ng |ntornsh|ps. 1hat
t|guro to|| to a d|sma| 81% |n 2010. And wh||o sho oxpocts that numbor to c||mb onco stat|st|cs tor 2011 aro tabu|atod, ovora|| p|acomont
ratos w||| moro than ||ko|y ta|| to roturn to pro-rocoss|on |ovo|s so |ong as tho oconomy cont|nuos to |ag.
3ana lsma||, 27, a 2010 graduato ot tho 1oppor 3choo| ot 3us|noss at Carnog|o Vo||on Un|vors|ty |n l|ttsburgh, agroos. 3y tho t|mo l
graduatod, l had mado an Exco| sproadshoot ot ovor 100 jobs that l app||od to w|th no |uck, sho says.
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lsma||, t|nd|ng |t d|tt|cu|t to socuro a job |mmod|ato|y attor graduat|on, |n|t|a||y movod back to hor nat|vo Ca||torn|a. 3ho t|na||y got hor curront
pos|t|on at a mu|t|nat|ona| low York commun|cat|ons t|rm th|s past 1anuary w|th tho ho|p ot hor schoo|'s Caroor 3orv|cos dopartmont.
|ortunato|y, most poop|o |n my c|ass ovontua||y got somoth|ng, but |t was much toughor than |n prov|ous yoars. ' low, attor c|oso to a yoar
|n hor curront post, lsma|| says sho's propar|ng to go back to squaro ono' yot aga|n, as hor company has boon |ott|ng go ot workors as
part ot a p|an to shuttor |ts low York oporat|ons.
V|nn|gan, tor hor part, has boon ono ot tho tortunato onos among hor r|s|ng 8l |aw schoo| c|ass, hav|ng socurod hor curront assoc|atosh|p
s|nco |ast 3optombor. l'm just thanktu| to havo a job tor tho summor,' sho says.
l hopo to bo |n a |aw t|rm pract|c|ng corporato or transact|ona| |aw,' sho adds. 3ut tho typo ot |aw |s not my ma|n concorn. As |ong as l havo
somoth|ng that's socuro, l'|| bo happy.'
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