December 20, 2009
US News and World Report
December graduate Tasha Tompkins of Fawn Grove provided input for this story, which looked at the grim job market facing December college graduates:
Tasha Tompkins, a December graduate of York College of Pennsylvania, is using her school's career development center to beef up her resume. "Graduates should definitely take advantage of their college's resources," she says. "I didn't, but I'm making up for it now."
Tompkins, who majored in sociology, currently has a tech support position at her local school district in Fawn Grove, Pa. -- the same job she has had since high school. She's working on tweaking her resume to apply for jobs better suited for her college degree, but she knows she has to be flexible. "I'm not going to be really picky because of the economy right now," she says. "I figure something is better than nothing,"
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