Five ways to improve the job prospects of recent college grads — from LinkedIn.com by Jeff Selingo
Excerpt:
The first question in last night’s town-hall presidential debate came from a college student, Jeremy Epstein, who asked the candidates how they would reassure him that he’d be able to support himself after graduation.
Unemployment among recent college graduates remains above 6 percent (although it has dropped in the last year and is still much lower than for those with only a high-school education). If you listen to many economists, presidents have little control over creating jobs.
Here are five ways to put more college graduates to work: