61.   They probably are recent college graduates and have started a first job.

62.   They were recruited by Teach for America, a national organization that places recent college graduates in urban schools.

63.   Three of them, like Damiba, are alumni of Teach for America, the national program that places recent college graduates in impoverished classrooms.

64.   Two women who identified themselves only as recent college graduates said they felt the services offered were too basic for their needs.

65.   What is clear, however, is that the job climate for recent college graduates has changed for the worse.

66.   Wilson noted that many recent college graduates who might have gone into mortgage banking chose Internet companies instead.

67.   Yet the hardest hit segment of the work force was recent college graduates, especially women, as companies cut back recruitment.

68.   Sher, a recent college graduate, had started a job in New Jersey.

69.   The Directorate said joblessness was up due to a slowdown in the economy and increases in the ranks of job seekers among recent college graduates.

70.   The firm is still hiring in some areas and continues to recruit recent college and business school graduates, she said.