Start growing your beard and coming up with clever slogans for cardboard signs now: Chances are good you won't find a job after graduation! According to a study just released from the non-profit organization Jobs Now Coalition, the number of people looking for work in Minnesota is up 92%, while jobs available have declined 68%, meaning about 2 and a half people looking for jobs per available job, exactly the opposite of eight years ago (What happened eight years ago that could have caused this?  What a mystery).

For everyone about to graduate this semester or the next, be prepared to be discouraged. It is not a great time for job hunting. Best to practice being unemployed now so as to ready yourself: Start watching more Jeopardy, stock up on peanuts to drown your sorrow in, and ask old employers if you can come crawling back to their lousy food service jobs. Happy trails gang! See you in the welfare line!