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August 25, 2025

In a tough job market for new workers, networking, adaptability can make a difference

  • The unemployment rate for college graduates aged 22 to 27 has outpaced the joblessness rate for the general population since the pandemic.
    • By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
    Associated Press

    Alumni networks and professional organizations are other avenues for meeting people. iStock image

    NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up as the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica, Stacey Watson didn't see herself in the characters of the books she read. Now 28, she wants to be a book editor who helps promote a more diverse range of story protagonists so her nieces and other young people feel represented.


     
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