Majors with the highest unemployment rate sound off about the future
Top 10 majors with the highest unemployment rate: Clinical Psychology Miscellaneous Fine Arts Unites States History Library Science Educational Psychology Military Technologies Architecture Industrial...
View ArticleTips to get ahead when trying to get a job in the ‘real world’
Resume tips 1. It is not enough to list your experiences and credentials; you must decide which of your qualifications you wish to highlight. The more clearly you match your skills with your potential...
View ArticleEnglish majors can overcome the stereotype, use their degree in the job market
Three students walk into a bar: a business major, a chemistry major and an English major. They order drinks and talk about what they will do when they graduate. “I’m going to start a company!” says the...
View ArticleWhere are some University students are heading after graduation?
Name: Xiaolong Zhai Age: 23 Major: Economics Plan: “I think I will go back to China and help with my parents’ business after college.” Name: Wendy Attrell Age: 28 Major: Sociology Plan: “I will be...
View ArticleRecent grads share their job-nabbing secrets for this competitive market
The job market is rough. Last year, over 53 percent of college students under 25 with bachelor degrees were unemployed or underemployed, according to a report by the Associated Press. How can college...
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Show your family the best of Eugene when they visit for graduation
So you’re graduating. Congratulations! As a senior myself, about to end my four years at the University, I understand the excitement, the stress and the terror of graduating — parties, finals, moving...
View Article10 things you’ll miss and won’t miss from college
With graduation just around the corner, it seems like time to look back at what really made us Ducks. Some memories are good, some not so much, but all of them together are what made for one heck of an...
View ArticleGraduation Guide (magazine)
Check out the print edition of the Emerald’s graduation guide.
View ArticleGrad Guide: UO seniors graduating with mounds of debt
The notorious image of being buried beneath debt post-graduation has become more prevalent each year due to the exponential growth in tuition rates. Since 1978, the U.S. has seen a 1,120 percent...
View ArticleGrad Guide: Joseph Steven Nainoaonahoku Wilmes recounts his first year after...
Graduating in only three and one-half years, Joseph Steven Nainoaonahoku Wilmes, a journalism major and multimedia minor University of Oregon graduate from Beaverton, Ore., reflects back on his time...
View ArticleGrad Guide: Show your family just what it means to be in Eugene
While Eugene has become a second home to you — spending more or less four years of your life with it as a playground — your parents are unfamiliar with the town you’ve fallen in love with. To introduce...
View ArticleGrad Guide: Don’t take your time at Oregon for granted
I stood in my teeny tiny Bean Henderson dorm room and watched as my parents and brother walked out the door. I was shocked. How could they just leave me here like this? Crying and alone and fending for...
View ArticleGrad Guide: Be careful what you post on the Internet
If used properly, social media can be an ideal way to let friends, family and potential employers view slices of your life. However, college students don’t often think about the negative consequences...
View ArticleGrad Guide: The best of past graduation speeches from around the country,...
Graduation marks a time of closure, beginnings, uncertainty, excitement and, most importantly, accomplishment. No ceremony is complete without a speaker who puts new graduates at ease with words of...
View ArticleGrad Guide: Advice for next year’s seniors
Go to all the games and participate Support your school and not just at Autzen. I didn’t go to enough games my first three years or my last one, and I’ll never be able to do it over again. If you’ve...
View ArticleGraduating seniors ready to face job market in spring
While unemployment rates are decreasing, students entering the job market this spring may have to work harder than their predecessors. According to a news release published on Jan. 10 from the Bureau...
View ArticleGrad Guide: Now that you’re grown up, you can literally stop using these...
When you walk across that stage, shake hands with your school’s dean and accept your degree holder, you’re not just crossing into a new phase in your life — you’re also making a pledge to stop using...
View ArticleGrad Guide: From Allen Hall to Matt Knight Arena and the Hatfield-Dowlin...
Remember when you first set foot on the University of Oregon campus four years ago? It was so big, so imposing, so … last century. Although the university’s impressive Lillis Buisiness Complex had been...
View ArticleGrad Guide: Parents like fun, too: The best bars to take them too
The parents are in town and you want to show them your home away from home. Maybe you take them to your favorite brunch place, Glenwood. Or the independent movie theater, the Bijou Metro. Or maybe you...
View ArticleGrad Guide: Job interview tips so you don’t have to move back in with your...
So it’s finally over. After the days of taking out student loans, scrounging for scholarships and the long, boring hours at your work-study job, the real world is finally here. And that means it is...
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