Why Can’t College Grads Find Jobs? Here Are Some Theories — and Fixes. - Commentary

Columnist Peter Coy writes: 

Many new college graduates are having an awful time finding jobs, as I wrote in April and in early May. I’ve been trying to understand why, and I think I’m getting closer to more answers. There’s lots of anecdotal evidence that something is wrong. Please take a listen to a new episode of “The Opinions” podcast I did with John York, a 24-year-old with a master’s degree in math from New York University who grabbed my attention when he wrote me that “it feels like I am screaming into the void with each application I am filling out.” Derek Arthur, the producer of the podcast, interviewed other young graduates, including one who said he had sent out over 500 applications with no luck.