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Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Career Column.

By Amy Lindgren, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 8--If you are a recent graduate, this column is for you -- but don't expect me to tell you things are bad out there. You've read all the scary stories already, from all the top newspapers, including this one. Even the political cartoonists are weighing in with their doom-and-gloom parodies of graduates in cap and gown choosing between McDonald's and Burger King. If there's a wagon going by, I must be missing the ladder to hop on. I just don't see the current situation as a c

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