The dow is just under 7500 a grizzly number coming from the 14,000 quoted a little more than a year ago.
Unemployment is quoted at 7.6% …small but keep in mind the US company job cuts are mainly coming from Asia (where the loss is over 20m)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021702769_pf.html
Today I have applied to 3 positions.
My goal is to be in the Financial Analyst 1 position at Microsoft….although it is becoming exceedingly difficult to even achieve positions that I am qualified for!
It seems they are only hiring previous employees…or you must know a recruiter personally in exactly the department you need to even be considered. I am assuming that there are hundreds if not thousands of applicants sending their resumes in right now…this is frightening to me as I am now on unemployment.
(if you know anyone I can contact…please let me know asap)
Today I am going to the WAMU career fair, I am only competing against 50 others (of which there is an unknown number of applicants who are licensed like I am). Here I am hoping to attain a personal banker position which is a much safer career area than independant financial advising.
I am an April 2008 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh as a finance student. I hail a 4.0 GPA and plenty of outside activities…
Beginning a company
Finance Club
VP of outdoors club
Hillel Alum
and Crohns Colitis Foundation Volunteer
….to name a few
I have large company experience with Merrill Lynch and even still as I apply for different positions that are available in the market I am humored by inexperience…large student loans, and fear that if I do not land a position soon that some diabolical homeless monster will come to get me.
This should in essence not be the case. Reasonably, if you graduate with a good degree, move to where there should be lots of jobs…you should have one…Right?
Guess not.
I’ll get back to you tomorrow when I apply to more jobs.
Job application count: 230
Interview Count: 8
Jobs: 0
*I am waiting to learn more of Microsoft Business An alyst 1 positions…
Again, if anyone has a contact for me..let me know 
