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Originally Posted by tld221
That last part is interesting. I'm being encouraged to pursue my master's while its still a "recession" so ill be competitive when we come out this slump. Seems like the opposite to me-getting a degree would put me in the pool of those looking for better paying work and can't find it.
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Yeah, that's the theory. We'll be super competitive when this thing is over, but no one took into account those who graduate
while we're still in it. Oh well, poked my head out and it's still a mess, so I'll just pop back in for another degree and see how it is when I come out again.
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Originally Posted by AGDee
Were you reading the rank as the number of people who were unemployed? Because Michigan is the highest unemployment at 9.6% (that was in September, it's over 10 now) and that's nowhere near half. (Although, it feels like about half of our households have been affected somehow).
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Oh yes, I thought those were percentages.
Thanks, it's not quite the crisis situation I imagined.