USA Today reports that the job market for new college grads is much better this year than it was last year: employers plan to hire something like 10-20% more grads than they did last year.
However, those lacking a college degree are seeing a much different picture: an Associated Press-Viacom survey revealed that “only about a third of the 18- to 24-year-olds who aren’t in school said they have full-time jobs.” And less than a quarter of them work part-time, which means about 40% of them are totally unemployed. Many site the high cost of college as the main obstacle toward getting that degree.