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Half of New Grads Underemployed – Is the American Playbook Dead? (Full)
The old American playbook is breaking. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley interview Spencer Conley, a Big Four consulting manager, about why the traditional path of degree, hard work and stability no longer delivers. Half of new grads are underemployed while AI rapidly reprices desk jobs. Spencer chose a small liberal arts college to graduate nearly debt-free, then moved from presidential campaign and DOD contractor roles into consulting for variety and higher pay. Most peers carry heavy student debt that limits options. They cover AI deployments in documents, coding and customer…
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