Tom Alane laid out seven thin circles of dough on the counter in front of him. He dropped a scoop of sauce into the center of one before evenly spreading it out to the crust and moving on to the next.
He and the other two kitchen staff rarely spoke as they prepared for a small lunch rush around noon Friday. He had music on his mind.
Alane started working at Campus Pizza a year and a half ago, before he graduated from the College of Liberal Arts with a degree in music performance.
Throughout his four years at the University of Minnesota, Alane was unsure of how his degree would translate to a career. It hasn’t yet, and he’s not alone.
In September, the National Bureau of Economic Research reported that the U.S. economy experienced a recession from December 2007 to June 2009 — the longest such economic event since World War II. But unemployment lingers: On Dec. 5, the Labor Department announced the national unemployment rate had increased to 9.8 percent in November.
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