Graduate job-seeking

A tough economy is putting graduate job-hunters on a diet of hard graft and humble pie.

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28th July, 2012

Emma Crampton, 22, is finding her working life is not yet unfolding in the way she expected. After she finished a commerce degree in 2010, racking up a $35,000 student loan, her first permanent job is working as a travel agent – a job that doesn’t require a tertiary qualification. “No one else I work with has a degree. But now I have this job I’m going to give it my best.” Crampton says she borrowed too unthinkingly. “Nobody ever sat me down and said you’re about to spend this much money on a degree. I didn’t realise that it was real money, and now I’m paying it back at $100 ...

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