<p>Yale</a> Daily News - Yale's aspiring architects face a job shortage</p>
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Once upon a time, a lucrative 60-hour per-week office job at a respectable New York or Boston architecture firm was the natural step for an Eli who had just completed a masters program in architecture. Graduate students did not even have to look for jobs: Firms came to Yale, conducted interviews and hired on the spot.</p>
<p>But not anymore. ...
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<p>Yikes, scary article! I have to hope that things will turn around in a few years. Hope so, as D is in first year of MArch program! </p>
<p>That said, this week, firms are coming to a career fair for the arch grad students at Harvard with MIT ones also attending. So, somebody is hiring!</p>
<p>Interesting times ahead for architects.</p>
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I think it’s gonna be interesting times ahead for EVERYONE…</p>
<p>Everyone, should be multi-dimensional in the skills/services they have to offer. For example, the presentation and computer graphics/animation skills highlighted in this video ([Joshua</a> Prince-Ramus: Designing the Seattle Central Library](<a href=“http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_on_seattle_s_library.html]Joshua”>http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_on_seattle_s_library.html)) are skills that are applicable to areas beyond architecture.</p>
<p>If you’re an unemployed architect…
[Strategies</a> for Unemployed Architects | Recession & Recovery | Architectural Record](<a href=“http://archrecord.construction.com/news/economy/survivalguide/0903strategies-1.asp]Strategies”>http://archrecord.construction.com/news/economy/survivalguide/0903strategies-1.asp)</p>