Posted on 04/12/2010 1:28:51 PM PDT by bs9021
Liberal Arts Economics
Bethany Stotts, April 12, 2010
2010 graduates majoring in the liberal arts got more bad job market news last week with the release of the Spring 2010 Salary Survey results.
“The National Association of Colleges and Employers said Thursday that average salary offers to 2010 bachelor’s degree candidates are down 1.7% to $47,673, compared to $48,515 offered to last year’s graduates,” reported Hibah Yousuf for CNNMoney.com on April 8.
“Last year’s graduates had a tougher time landing jobs, but starting salaries only slipped 1.2% compared with 2008 graduates, said NACE employment information manager Andrea Koncz,” reports Yousuf.
“Students seeking liberal arts degrees may face the hardest blow due to the recession,” he writes. “Their average initial pay offers are down 8.9% at $33,540, based on data collected from college and university career services offices for students earning bachelor’s degrees across 70 disciplines.”
This does not hold true for a variety of disciplines that Yousuf cites, especially computer-related and electrical engineering degrees.....
(Excerpt) Read more at academia.org ...
I guess basket weaving doesn’t pay as it good at it used to.
I’m about a semester away from my economics degree and although I have no prospects as yet, I was hoping to work for the VA hospital (to help other vets). I think that people need to reinvent themselves and have other options open in light of the Obama war on the economy.
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