AIG CEO To College Grads: Take Whatever Job You Can Get

<p>“‘They want me to talk to the students and give them a sense of encouragement, especially with the high unemployment,’ Benmosche tells Bloomberg News. ‘My advice will be, whatever opportunity comes your way, take it. Take it and treat it as if it’s the only one that’s coming your way, because that actually may be the truth.’”</p>

<p>Reality 101</p>

<p>[AIG</a> CEO To College Grads: Take Whatever Job You Can Get ? Consumerist](<a href=“http://consumerist.com/2013/05/14/aig-ceo-to-college-grads-take-whatever-job-you-can-get/]AIG”>AIG CEO To College Grads: Take Whatever Job You Can Get – Consumerist)</p>

<p>A lot of graduates think they are better off living on their parents’ couch until something in their field or of personal interest opens up rather than taking that assistant manager job at the gas station.</p>

<p>The odds are very good that they are wrong.</p>