desperate times, desperate measures?

They should all just freelance!

One of my roommies moved here in September and is still looking for a job. She has a degree - though not from Harvard - and has been applying at everywhere from Starbucks to assistant design fashion jobs (which is what she studied for) with no luck. Even temp agencies aren't taking many people, apparently.

Maybe my mother is right after all - she's been worrying me by saying that "nobody" gets a decent job unless they're recruited straight out of Harvard/Yale/Princeton/etc for fast-track graduate schemes (all this to convince me not to be a freelancer...) Scary thought!

I have friends with massive student loan debt, and in that way, they are in a much scarier position than these kids living on their parents' couches after graduation, because they need to pay back loans before they start thinking of consultants at $400. I'm just curious how much these consultants really do? Somebody who's in real danger and doesn't have mommy and daddy as a safety net would work a lot harder to find work than the kids n those articles, who seem to have everything handed to them.

@ajadedidealist I wouldn't take it that far - I have friends who have great jobs in the magazine and fashion industries and did not come out of an Ivy League school. I also know Brown graduates who work as high school teachers. It's all what you make of it, I suppose. It does seem as though my roommate could be trying harder, but the climate is not at all good for someone who isn't extremely driven - and New York tends to weed out those people anyway.

@DBlack I've been putting off my debt for more than a year now. I'm currently considering getting a bartending gig just to pay what I owe for my education.