#GEC12: Steven Rothberg View from across the pond

A View From Across the Pond: Trends in the U.S. Graduate Labor

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Introduction & Overview

• Interruptions• Tweet @StevenRothberg and #GEC12• Who?• Schools, students, and grads• Skyrocketing tuition• Where the jobs are• Career services• Crystal ball

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• Founded 1991• On-line 1996• Killed print 2000• WEDDLE’S award 2007-12• 100,000+ internship and entry-level jobs• 25,000+ content• Postings, banners, emails, sms• Fortune 500, federal government


Schools, Students, Grads

• Colleges vs universities• 3,000 four-year• 4,000 tech, voc, two-year• 20 million students• 14 million recent grads• The double whammy


Ed Levels for 25-64 Yr Olds

Source: Lumina Foundation


The Rise of Women


Source:genomebiology.com

Ed Levels by Race

Source: Lumina Foundation@StevenRothberg #GEC12

Tuition Skyrocketing

Source: Center for American Progress


I’m Home!

Source: eCampus.com


Where the Jobs Are

Source: NACE@StevenRothberg #GEC12

% Change in Hiring


Wages Coming Back


Hiring by Employer Size


Gen Y Choosing Differently

Source: SimplyHired.com


Stay in School

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics


Unemployment by Major

Source: Raba Review@StevenRothberg #GEC12

Source: Wikipedia @StevenRothberg #GEC12

Source of Hire


Use of Career Services

• 76.5% used career services:• 35% visited 2+ times• 33% didn’t visit at all

• Popular services:• Resume writing = 70%• Job listings = 47%• General assistance = 40%• Career counseling = 32%• Internship / co-op assistance = 27%

Source: NACE


Crystal Ball

• Mobile – Bill Boorman• OFCCP • Apprenticeships • Obama's call for higher ed for all • Dream Act - tech titans paying for illegals • Debt • Public service = loan forgiveness• Unpaid internships


Unpaid Internships

Source: http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.pdf

1. Similar to educational training;2. For benefit of intern; 3. No staff displacement and closely supervised;4. No immediate advantage -- may be impeded; 5. No job offered; and6. Agree no $.


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#GEC12: Steven Rothberg View from across the pond

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