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April PreyI question that figure as well – just checked a BLS website and it is true when race is taken into account – that is the figure for educated/white. I too know numerous educated people out of work. I was a paralegal for 10 years prior to returning to school for a second degree (BLA – I start year 2 in Sept). The legal profession was hit really hard – this is an area where even a legal secretary is expected to have a bachelor’s degree, and in big firms even the people working in the copy rooms have degrees. Huge numbers of people in legal were laid off, from entry level to attorney. I had 1.5 years of unemployed down time before I started year one of the BLA – lots of time to surf on-line discussion boards. There are tons of educated, experienced people out there that can’t even get interviews for part-time, minimum wage jobs.
Something doesn’t smell right with that 4.8% figure, but I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it. It doesn’t square with the reality in front of my own face. You can’t swing a cat in my neck of Puget Sound without hitting an unemployed person with a degree: engineers, nurses, accountants… you name it.