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Mid-30s Unemployment?! “I think it’s very natural to be concerned about jobs. “I think young people coming out of university today, it’s like 9% unemployment. “I think it could easily go into the mid-30s in the next couple of years.” – Bill McDermott $NOW CEO CNBC: “The mid-30s?!” Bill McDermitt: “I do, because what’s happening …
The percentage of unemployed Americans with four-year college degrees hit a record in January, at 36.6% of those 25 and older. (Bloomberg News reported in November that those with college degrees “now comprise a record 25% of total unemployment,” which was correct—and in January this measure hit 27%—but involved dividing unemployed workers 25 or older …
Overall, unemployment is rising across white-collar roles, and fresh college graduates are facing one of the toughest job markets in years. Even Harvard MBA graduates aren’t exempt.Yet the market continues to sit near all-time highs. https://t.co/HR4KSgoP44 — optionGeek (@StockShark16) November 25, 2025 Today’s rally has all the hallmarks of a bearish setup. As I mentioned …
We need to end immigration and all Visa programs. We graduate more people every year than we have jobs for, but import hundreds of thousands every year. Then we wonder why so many people get stuck on welfare. Check out this guy, a lot of good information. pic.twitter.com/IJn9w3zbMO — American as Trump (@JoshuaBradner) November 9, …
Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Zohran Mandani: “The average Ivy League grad voting for this mayor is annoyed their education is not that valuable, and that the person who knows how to drill for oil has a more valuable profession” “I think that annoys the fuck out of these people” Palantir CEO Alex Karp on …
Unemployment 20-29 (2 year associate academic):.6%Unemployment 20-29 (2 year vocational):5.2%#econtwitter further thoughts? — Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) May 15, 2025 College was supposed to be the ticket. The path. The safety net that guaranteed something better. Parents took out loans. Students borrowed more. Politicians promised it was the only way to get ahead. And now, those …
A commencement speaker at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth gave the graduates some inspiring words for their futures — and $1,000 cash each to get them started. Robert Hale, Jr., the billionaire founder and CEO of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications, sent the students into a frenzy when he told them “each graduate who crossed the stage” …
Because a marketing degree doesn’t actually teach people how to market. Being in the trenches does. Companies hire based on skills, not fancy papers you hang on a wall. — Travis Jamison (@Travis_Jamison) March 19, 2024 In many areas, they got scammed. Many jobs were standardized and supported with step-by-steo procedures, where they look for …
Another key finding: Nearly six in 10 ‘elites’ say there is too much individual freedom in America Nearly 90 percent of Ivy League grads support the “strict” rationing of gas, meat and electricity to fight climate change, according to a new poll. The conservative Committee to Unleash Prosperity, in a survey that sought to measure …
Harvard Students Doxxed, Groups Withdraw Signatures Amid Continued Backlash to Israel Statement Amid continued national backlash, multiple Harvard student groups have withdrawn their signatures from a controversial statement calling Israel “entirely responsible” for the ongoing violence, and group members have faced doxxing attacks. As of Tuesday night, at least five of the original 34 signatories …