In just a few years, the graduates have begun to move up.

Most graduates begin with entry-level jobs but Shawn Alexander, 29, who had worked in a woman's clothing store that went out of business, was an exception.

A graduate of Stanford University, where he studied philosophy and music, Chris began playing the guitar and writing songs when he was 18 years old.

On receipt of the training certificate, the graduate will begin a two-year legal traineeship with a law firm in Scotland.

In 2002, graduates of Seoul's Hongik University began creating sculptures for the park, which opened on November 16, 2004.

Iraq's roughly 56,000 graduates began their college careers under far different circumstances.

Yet, unlike many graduates beginning a career, he had an influential friend to help him along the way.

To a great extent, many graduates have not begun to locate serious career or life goals.

But recently graduates of a growing number of institutions have begun sponsoring projects, adapting their experience and resources to better their communities.

Students have made this up by borrowing more, so that today's graduates begin their careers burdened with a level of debt unknown to previous generations.