I am a Hispanic undergraduate student at Florida International University and when I graduate in 2014, I need a job. The big question is where will I find one? It is no secret that our economy is struggling and that unemployment in the states is rampant. The most recent report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics states that 12.8 million persons are unemployed (however, this does not include the 1.1 million discouraged workers, the 2.8 million “marginally attached to the labor force” who are unemployed or the 7.3 million who lost their jobs last month). And the unemployment rate for Hispanics is at a 10.5 percent, making it one of the highest rates within a racial group, and the rate for persons with a Bachelor’s degree is at a 4.2 percent. Although this rate is not as overwhelming as the others, many recent graduates find themselves drowned in student loan payments, jobless or with low-paying salary jobs and having to move back with mom and dad. In fact, about 85 percent of the class of 2011 found themselves in such a predicament; a number that is foreboding to future graduates. But there has been some improvement.
Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/community/2012/03/24/next-generation-what-does-future-hold-for-hispanic-college-graduates/#ixzz1q9aFijKF
