What The Young And Unemployed Really Need To Know

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college grad first job tips
college grad first job tips

For college graduates who fear that they may be trading their diplomas for Starbucks aprons, there's good news and bad: Employers have hired 19 percent more graduates in 2011 than they did in 2010 -- when just 56 percent had locked down a job by last spring, according to a Rutgers University survey. But the market is still tepid. How to improve your chances at landing -- and keeping -- a great job:

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