Now, like many of her colleagues, the 29-year-old is applying to graduate school. Though higher education is a time-honored method of weathering a recession, this year it’s even more so: schools are seeing record-setting spikes in applications, increases that are higher than any prior economic downturns.
“These kids feel they should get school out of the way now because they won’t be missing a lot,” says Belle Gallay, a recruiter who for 18 years has matched architects with architecture firms. And her analysis is based on first-hand accounts: About 30 architects stream through her office every week, to mull their options, up from three a week a year ago. “I have never seen anything like this,” Gallay says.
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