College Graduates Flock to Area
Source: Washington Post Posted By: Nellie D...5420 days ago
The Washington area is attracting recent college graduates because the chances of landing a job remain high despite the economic downturn, experts said.
The area is "adding jobs in [service-providing industries] and in health care and in the federal sector," said George Mason University economist Stephen Fuller. "And the jobs we're losing in the region," such as construction and retail sales, "tend not to be college graduate-type jobs."