CBS Marketwatch: No college grads need apply

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<p>[No</a> college grads need apply - MarketWatch](<a href=“http://www.marketwatch.com/story/college-grads-uncle-sam-doesnt-want-you-2013-05-03]No”>No college grads need apply - MarketWatch)</p>

<p>"At a time when governments at all levels are trimming staffs, college graduates hoping to land public-sector jobs are facing another hurdle: sequestration. Career counselors and recruiting experts say the federal spending cuts that went into effect March 1 are causing several federal agencies—many of which are having to furlough employees as a result of the cuts—to hold back job offers until they know what their budgets will look like. “They’re kind of in limbo,” says Lily Whiteman, author of “How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job.” "</p>

<p>(we usually have a jobs threads as graduations approach but I couldn’t find one in the first four pages)</p>

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<p>Sounds like the Reagan years (when I graduated). Not a public sector job in sight except the military.</p>

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<p>Looks like a terrible time to try for a government job.</p>

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<p>Maybe a good time for government (unpaid) internships though (daughter has one of these right now).</p>