This summer, the guy mixing your drink at the bar might just have a master’s degree. With unemployment in North Carolina near 11 percent, competition for any job — including seasonal summer jobs traditionally filled by college or high school students — is intense. Skyland resident Jerome Williams, 38, says he’s looking for a job [...]
May 20, 2009
Fewer jobs available for graduating nurses
ASHEVILLE — This year’s 76 graduates of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s associate degree nursing program could face something new: unemployment. The recession means new nursing graduates are having a harder time finding jobs than in years past. Only 24 of the new graduates from A-B Tech’s nursing program had full-time jobs lined up as of [...]
