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Building on the Bring Your Own Device Revolution
College Grads Seek Service Jobs
on April 20, 2009
The "perfect storm" of a slumping economy, mounds of college debt and a new president that pushes public service has driven droves of graduates to apply for jobs with national service programs, Newsday reports.
Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Teach for America and other programs have seen historic increases in applications from graduates hit by financial hardships.
Obama is expected to sign a bill to expand the number of AmeriCorps positions from 75,000 to 250,000 by 2017. The federal stimulus package includes funding for 13,000 more workers.
In the first two months of the year, AmeriCorps online applications have more than tripled since the same period in 2008. Teach for America applications spiked 42 percent nationwide. Nationally, the Peace Corps has seen a 16 percent increase.
"I've been here for eight years and what's happening right now is unbelievable," said Jessica Simonson, an AmeriCorps program director who supervises several programs in New York City and Long Island. "There are all these young people out there in need of work and in need of money for school who want to serve their communities."
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