Yelena Shuster graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in May 2009. Sometimes, she can afford underwear.
Over the years, she’s written political features for The Moscow Times, celeb-studded party reports for New York magazine, and tongue-in-cheek personal essays for HuffPo. (See more resume fodder here.)
Her parents in San Francisco want her to get a job or go home still want her to go home.
If you too are Ivy leagued and Unemployed, please share your thoughts (rants, haikus, letters of complaint) here.
I just found this blog, and I feel slightly better about myself.
Ditto!
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Love your blog. You are fabulous!
-Marianna
this makes me not feel so bad about my degree that is gathering dust. thanks.
Perhaps you and your readers will be interested in my group – the Forgive Student Loan Debt Movement?
I am the Promotional Writer and Dir. Of Social Media Marketing, and wanted to share here. . .
Just stumbled upon your site — great stuff. I represent The 405 Club — hopefully you’ve heard of us? If not, we’re the unemployment support network that’s based in NY, hence the $405/week reference for our namesake. Let’s chat! Drop us a line at 405club@gmail.com or find us at http://the405club.com.
Talk soon!
-GD
The 405 Club: $405/week but rich in talent!
love it lol
Came accross your blog, and yes, I can now carry my head a little higher knowing I am part of group of intelligent, unemployed wanna-be workers. Like your tag line says, its not me, “its the economy stupid”
…maybe we should start a union.
Hi
We where decimated as a family by the recession and are now just getting back on track. Keep up your blogging and freelance submissions and you to will get back on track. In our case it was a completely new track at jobs way below our old pay-grade but its a JOB. You may want to consider changing what track you are aiming for; it turned out to be the best thing for us. Who knows it might turn out the best thing for you. Just a thought.
Good Luck
Ditto here- thanks for writing this blog. Ivy League=expensive in most manager’s minds… it’s tough to get started when you just want to get working and get your hands dirty (metaphorically of course!)
I’m a freshman at Columbia right now, and although it’s still acceptable for me to be unemployed, all my friends clamoring for any available internship this summer make me thoroughly enjoy this blog.
I want to graduate and be Ivy Leagued and unemployed, just like you– all of those I-Bankers and consultants have jobs, but they don’t have cool blogs.