Slowly putt-putting out of the harbour in a brightly painted blue-and-orange ramshackle boat, the fisherman will likely take you towards the bays and reefs of the tiny outer islands.
That Orange County mortgage broker (who used to be a pizza delivery guy) can takea class online from the University of Phoenix (APOL) and become a computer engineer in Silicon Valley.
In a sluggish economy, smaller firms are less likely to takea chance on recent grads, says Penelope Bryan, dean of Whittier Law School in Orange County, Calif.