Data Show Healthy Job Growth but Also Signs of Weakness
As the pool of college graduates has grown larger, younger workers have found themselves forced to take jobs they once would have turned down cold.
“More kids are going to college and some of them don’t have any choice,” Mr. Gimbel said. “It’s not just the Big 10, Notre Dame and the Ivies anymore.” Students from less prestigious colleges or candidates with lower grade point averages are taking jobs at call centers earning $25,000 to $30,000 a year, he said.