Unemployment among university graduates

While many in higher education bristle at the suggestion that gaining a university degree should lead to a job, unemployment rates of young people with university degrees in many countries is troubling. While career guidance/development practices will necessarily vary by country/culture, international higher education would do well to look at what they can do to help students clarify their intent. Particularly in cultures where family and status have a strong influence on career decision making, it is important to raise the question of interest and expertise so that young people have ways to negotiate these pressures and/or make changes as their work-lives unfold.