Writing for New Media

The Baltimore Sun reported this week some unsurprising but nonetheless not-good news: Graduates are going to find it tough to get jobs in the weak economy.

The article opens by noting how the class of 2008 began school in good economic times but leaves school in a recession:

That's depressing timing for Nikki Goh, who transferred from a school in Malaysia to Towson University two years ago because she believed the job opportunities here would be far better. When she graduates in May with a degree in mass communication, Goh, 22, will be heading back to Kuala Lumpur to regroup - and then to Britain to try to find work.

So ... you can become depressed or you can take to heart the advice we've been hearing over and over lately: Do everything you can to make yourself the BEST candidate for the job. If nothing's out there after graduation, consider a post-grad summer internship to give you added experience and contacts.

Labels: internships, jobs