Recent grads without jobs - What are you doing?

Recently graduated from a target. Was unsuccessful recruiting and having an even harder time now. It seems like no one is hiring and that it may stay this way for a few more months.

Those of you who graduated into this market without an offer in hand, what are you doing? Are you taking a summer job, living at home, finding something temporary while you wait for the market to pick back up? I've considered becoming a bartender to have some income in the meantime.

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Bro no one’s even reading my emails now. I feel like it’s gotten 10x worse than when we were looking for internships

 

Glad that I am not alone haha. I’ve picked up working at a golf course since I figured it’s a talking point. Also, who knows, maybe I’ll meet a GS MD at the clubhouse. Other than that if I don’t have an offer by September, I may need to consider tech.

 

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