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It’s a Rough Job Market for College Grads in 2014

Accenture, a global leader in management consulting, has published their 2014 College Graduate Employment Report. The employment prospects for recent college grads are still quite bleak.  Even amongst those who graduated in 2012 and 2013, steady and fruitful employment has not yet been acquired by most. Here are some of the highlights:

• 26% of 2012/2013 college grads are making less than $19,000
• 13% of 2012/2013 College Grads have been unable to find a job since graduation
• 46% of 2012/2013 grads are underemployed in 2014, a 5% jump since last year
• 42% of 2012/2013 college grads are living at home w/parents
• Only 21% of employed 2012/2013 college grads are earning more than $40k

Clearly, the lingering affects of... Read More »

Welcome Back! It’s Time for Letters of Affirmation

It is a cool January morning here in Houston, but we are back from our winter break.  Most of the high school seniors have completed their applications at this point, but for those who have not, it is time to get moving.  If you have completed your applications, you should consider sending a letter of affirmation to those schools where you are awaiting a decision.  If you applied via regular decision or were deferred after applying for early admission, now is the time to update your prospective colleges on your first semester achievements.  How were your grades? Did you complete any special or interesting projects? Have you started something new and important?  Write the admission officer for your region and... Read More »

If You Think a College Degree Is an Automatic Ticket to Jobs, You Are Mistaken.

Study says 85% of college graduates are moving back in with mom and dad.  Recent Department of Labor employment numbers show near 50% of under 25 year olds unemployed.  Your college and career plans are not working.  Please get expert advice before blindly spending $50-200,000 on an undergraduate... Read More »

Undergrad Business Students Work Least, Learn Least?

The NY Times lambasted undergraduate business majors in a major expose on what college students are actually learning.

Business majors spend less time preparing for class than do students in any other broad field, according to the most recent National Survey of Student Engagement: nearly half of seniors majoring in business say they spend fewer than 11 hours a week studying outside class. (NY Times 4/14/11)

With 20% of all undergrads majoring in business, this is no small concern.  We have been advising families for years against the undergraduate business major (except at a small handful of colleges with truly outstanding programs), due to the lack of rigor and skill building in the business major curriculum. To measure the failure of... Read More »

Why We Do What We Do @ College Admissions Clinic

So the Winter Break is over and we're back to work here at College Admissions Clinic. For 2011, we have many exciting things planned. You will hear about them shortly as the details become clear. In the meantime, we have a little spring in our step because the early decision/early action acceptances have rolled in. While our job can be tough, working intimately with people is never only roses and sugarcakes, this time of year is always rewarding. After putting in the work of the fall application season push, we can sit back and watch the rewards come in. In a way, it's similar to a farmer's harvest. Not every single seed that we planted in... Read More »

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