疯狂英语阅读：ELATIONORDESPERATION?

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Michael Hallkas (Class of 2001): I remember people graduating last year and they already had jobs coming at them like six, seven different positions at once and now its like people are 2)scrounging for what they can get.

Keren Aloya (Class of 2001): My brother got out of college just a few years ago, and thats when the boom was still going and he, he did pretty well. I just kind of imagined it 3)escalating and getting easier, easier and easier. But no such luck.

Sociology major Karen Aloid graduates from 4)Rutgers this year with a four-year degree and no job, and unwelcome and growing trend among her classmates nationwide. Some of whom are even having their job offers 5)rescinded.

Bill Coleman (Salary.com): This year is a little bit different for college grads because the economy has changed and its changed dramatically during the course of the 6)recruiting season.

Companies in the battered Tech sector like Cisco., Intel, and Del has slowed college recruiting. They have also reneged on job offers made to college grads, offering the suddenly unhired apology 7)bonus instead.

Marilyn Mackes (Executive Director): They might give them one to two, up to 12 weeks of salary. They might give them a lump sum. They might give them some kind of assistance in terms of outplacement. They may refer them to employers that are looking for similar kinds of candidates.

The problem is by no means academic. And a study done by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, only 4% of employers surveyed said they 8)reneged on job offers, and only 30% of colleges claimed some of their students were hired then let go. Other companies like Pricewater House Coopers are pushing back star gates for new hires. Graduates who would have gone to work this summer, will now start next March, ten months after graduation. And the 9)sagging economy means competition for jobs is tight.

Bill Coleman: The competition is stiffer this year for college students because this year, not only are they competing with other students who are graduating right now, but they are competing with students who graduated last year who have recently been 10)laid off.

But the news isnt all bad.

Carlos Teiada (Labor Reporter): While indeed the market is not quite as good as it was last year. Its still very, very good. A 4.5% unemployment rate is still very good news for upcoming college graduates.

Depending on your major. Liberal arts grads including English, and psychology majors once 11)snapped up by marketing firms and dot coms will now likely have a tougher time finding work. But majors like computer science, nursing, accounting and finance are still hot, and salaries for those jobs are on the rise. Graduating accountants can count on making $39,000 a year, an increase of 5% over last year. Computer science majors got an eight percent raise over the last year to $52,000, and salaries for starting electrical engineers climbed 10% this year to $52,000. Thats in the neighborhood of what Shawn Gohall will earn. The economic major landed his job months before graduation.

Shawn Gohall: I interned last summer for the Guatentooch, and a consulting group and they made me an offer last summer.

More workers and fewer jobs mean recruiting is slowing in some sectors, but here at Johnson and Johnson the company is still looking for help.

Dan Marsh (Director of College Relations): We have not done anything to ratchet it back or to down... reduce any of our activities currently. We are actually planning to increase activities.

So were a number of other companies just not as much as was originally planned. In a study done by the National Association of Colleges and Employers last fall, companies surveyed planned to hire 25% more college grads this year. In an 0updated study this spring, those same companies reduced projections to 18%, still a significant increase.

Carlos Teiada: They have a couple of things going for them. Um you know its, its... nobody likes to say this, but its the reality in the employment markets, college students are younger and cheaper, and companies love that kind of thing. So the lay-offs may not necessarily affect your job prospects if you are an upcoming college graduate.