Monday, November 9, 2009

Not Harvard Bound...

According to this article from CNN Opinion, I am not getting into Harvard. A policy analyst for the New America Foundation compares the chances of finding a job in today's unfriendly climate to the chances of being a Harvard prodigy.
"The odds of any one of these 30 million securing one of the 2.4 million full-time jobs available is 8 percent, the same as the admissions rate of the Ivy League gold standard, Harvard University."
It also says that the average time for looking for a job is 26.9 weeks...or 6 months. I have been officially unemployed for 7 weeks and its totally wearing on me...and my mom.

To read the whole article, click here

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