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In The New York Times bi- weekly magazine Upfront there is an article titled Trying Times by Patricia Smith stating that with the economy as it is college graduates are finding it tough to find a decent job.

In the article it states "The youth unemployment rate is far below its peak of 18 percent in 2009. But more than 12 million Americans are still unemployed." This is leaving many college graduates combing through job offerings and even "enrolling in a job-search boot camp" as Stacey herring herself is doing to find a job. Although she wants to work in entertainment marketing but with no luck on her dream job she says "I just need a job."

Sated by Heidi Shierholz of the economic institute in Washington D.C. "every way you cut it-by race or gender with or without a college degree-young people are just not getting the job opportunities they need." This could be due to the fact that many young people are considered to be lazy or that they are narcissists, either way you put it those under 25 with a college degree or not seem to be frowned upon in the job world.

In the article it states, "With so many job seekers to choose from, employers are filling entry-level positions with more experienced workers, leaving many college graduates working at the Gap or Starbucks." Making many wonder why that is maybe its because job offers are wanting people with more experience under their belt to keep up with the demand of the job, Instead of a college graduate with a scholarship.

This is connecting to the American dream harshly because we are known to be the land of opportunity and if jobs are getting harder to obtain what opportunity will people have to accomplish their American dream.  Although jobs are beginning to rise again if the decline begins to go down harshly like it has before we could have numerous protests and even riots if it begins to be too bad.

Overall the job searching for graduates seems to be rising with no luck of finding jobs that they have degrees to do.