Job Market: Gen Yers Make Themselves Look Bad

Gen Y gets a lot of shit, not all of it deserved, but the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ annual student survey contains some shocking info:

Though 52 percent of graduating seniors think they’ll have a job in three months, only 59 percent of this year’s class had started looking for one as of April 30, 2009. Factor out the 26 percent who say they’re going straight to grad school and that still leaves one in six very hubristic kiddos.

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