“Looking on LinkedIn just makes me feel sad.”

Maggie Chen, who has struggled to find work since graduating a year ago from the University of California, Davis, with a computer science degree. Recent college grads are facing a worse job market than they have for some years. The unemployment rate for college graduates aged 22 to 27 reached 5.3 percent in May, up from 4.4 percent a year earlier. Their employment advantage over non-college peers has reached its lowest point in at least 30 years. (Washington Post)