A newly released survey by ResumeTemplates.com indicates that 75 percent of graduating college seniors have not yet secured employment, and 34 percent have not even started to apply for jobs. Of the latter group, almost 25 percent say they feel too overwhelmed to even begin the search.
The survey included 378 students graduating from either a four-year (78 percent) or two-year college program.
ResumeTemplates chief career strategist Julia Toothacre told The Epoch Times she is not at all surprised by those findings.
“It’s actually what we have continued to see over the years, regardless of the economy,” she said.
“A lot of college students are in a bubble and don’t even think about jobs until two weeks before graduation. Some of them are still trying to figure out exactly what they want to do.”…