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College kids have always needed jobs but never before more than now. With the price of an education still going up every year, a job is a basic necessity for many trying to pay their way through school. Even kids who might not have needed work in years past are now seeking employment just because the price of tuition is so outrageous.
This tremendous need for jobs has come at the absolute worst time. With our economy reeling, employers have had to cut back drastically and many jobs have been eliminated as well as many companies having gone bankrupt. Students are facing increased competition for the fewer number of jobs that are available.
It used to be that most any college student who wanted a job could get one. Between library jobs, cafeteria jobs, and retail jobs around town there were enough so that some type of job could always be found. Now though, students have to hope their job experience and other factors will be enough to get them hired ahead of the next guy. Gone are the days when you could just ask around and find an open job, no matter how little it pays.
There has always been pressure at college to get good grades and graduate but now students have the added pressure of dealing with finding a job and being in debt. If a student can’t find a job now, it might mean they will have to drop out of school. Even if a student is lucky for find a job, it still means that they will most likely graduate with some sort of loan debt.
This additional pressure of having to find a job is probably not a good thing for most college students. They are at a time when they should enjoy life while learning to socialize and study hard. The added pressure of needing a job just to survive is more than most kids should have to deal with right out of high school. There will be time enough to worry about earning money after they graduate.
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