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<p>I know these are just opinions and I appreciate your concern. However this recession is bigger than any we’ve had in decades and the job market could be affected in arcane ways that no one can predict 
Thus substantiated data will be hard to come by, and the best that I can hope for will be personal experiences from people in the know like current USC students, alumni or parents.</p>
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<p>I hope to work in SoCal upon graduation, but understand that the situation has changed with the economic crisis and it is way tougher to secure jobs now than when I first considered studying in the US back in early 2007. However I’m keeping in mind that things should improve markedly when I graduate in 2013. Nevertheless, there is a real possibility of US jobs for foreign workers becoming scarcer in the foreseeable future and this has made me reconsider my initial plan to work in the the US. Sorry not to have mentioned this earlier but I’m an international and recently I have started to accept that I may have to return home to work when I graduate. This has made me question the value/recognition of a USC degree here in Asia (Singapore to be precise).</p>