I remember seeing a report a number of years ago, before the economic crisis and the real estate bubble burst, concerning recent college grads. It had interviews with these people and more than a few quite expected to walk into very high paying jobs right off the bat. And at that time, this was quite often the case.

Of course the situation has changed markedly and for the worse. Problem being that these self same people too often spent and borrowed like their good times  would continue indefinitely. Worse still they now feel betrayed that this dream came to a abrupt end.

One of the biggest problems is that far too many people were not prepared emotionally as well as economically for a questionable future. Even though the writing was on the wall at the time of this report.

Our educational system as well as put society as a whole does an immense disservice by selling a fantasy to its young. 

It's fine to work toward a dream but you need to have a plan B in the event it goes bust. Most do not. So they end up dissatisfied and working in McJobs just to get buy.

There was a time when people did not live like there was no tomorrow. They lived fairly modest lives so were not as impacted by down turns and having to take lower paying jobs.

The reason I say all this is that quite simply as much as we complain about the employment situation the sad fact is that it has been a long time in the making and will not change much in the future. 

Maye we could consider making for ourselves that kinds of jobs we want.