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Why Are Half of Recent College Grads Stuck in Jobs That Don’t Match Their Degree? (Full)
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley host 27-year-old New York HR professional Kathryn Conley. She earned an international studies degree equipped with soft skills yet mistrustful of the system and drifted into HR amid a tough market. Kathryn describes starting fully remote during the pandemic, the disorienting shift to hybrid, paying $3,000 rent in Brooklyn, and needing early financial literacy on 401(k)s and Roth IRAs. They examine what actually gets you hired, ghost jobs on LinkedIn, lengthy interview processes, AI’s impact on HR, limited internal mobility, and rewriting the career…
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