Even with all the talk of an economic downturn, lucrative job opportunities for college graduates are still plentiful. The Employment Policy Foundation has said that although 14.2 million people were cut from payrolls last year, employers created 15.9 million new jobs, for a net gain of 1.7 million additional positions.
Total jobs are still at the highest in American history.
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