Job Hunting in the United States

The main goal of attending and graduating college is to make it easier on yourself to find a job.  However, that seems to not be the case for many recent graduates in the United States.  From 1994-2008 job seekers were most likely to land a job within five weeks of applying for them.  However, the recession that hit the United States in 2008 has changed the length of time for job hunters to land a job.  Since 2008, unemployed Americans have been spending more than a year looking for a job.  So as one can see, the amount of time spent looking for a job has increased dramatically.

In addition to the increase of time spent looking for a job, has been finding a job that pays middle class salary.  It seems that if employers are only hiring for worst paying jobs or the best paying jobs that are hard to get.  The middle class type of job seems to be disappearing in the United States.  The first reason that the book appointed to this problem was the increased percentage of women holding a middle class job, especially in healthcare.  The other reason was the level of education that is required to land a middle class job.  41% of middle class jobs required a degree today, whereas only 25% of middle class jobs required a bachelors degree in 1980.  Going to college and getting a degree may not be easy, but in the United States it is a must if you want be able to survive on your own, and obtain a middle or upper class job.

Conclusion- After reading this chapter, I have learned that it will not be easy to land a job after I graduate from Benedictine.  However, I am confident that Benedictine has provided me with great knowledge and experience that will help me find a job sooner rather than later.  I am a marketing major so I have a wide variety of jobs I can apply for.  I also believe that having taken this class will help me with landing a job because employers are looking for people who have online marketing skills.