Graduation is here — but the jobs aren’t. On today’s Big Take podcast, we check in with recent graduates facing a brutal hiring landscape where 42% are underemployed. We look at what’s driving today’s low-hire, low-quit market, how the AI boom could hamper the job search and what happens when top-tier students finish school without a clear path forward.

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A Dozen Young Job Hunters on What It Takes to Get Hired
Why More College Graduates Are Stuck in Jobs That Don’t Require Degrees

Hosted by Sarah Holder; Produced by Julia Press; Reported by Marin Cogan; Edited by Jeffrey Grocott.

Fact-checking by Laura Newcombe; Engineering by Alex Sugiura.

Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

Graduation is here &mdash; but the jobs aren&rsquo;t. On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, we check in with recent graduates facing a brutal hiring landscape where 42% are underemployed. We look at what&rsquo;s driving today&rsquo;s low-hire, low-quit market, how the AI boom could hamper the job search and what happens when top-tier students finish school without a clear path forward.
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-job-hunt-stories/">A Dozen Young Job Hunters on What It Takes to Get Hired</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-13/ai-and-a-frozen-job-market-leave-college-grads-underemployed?srnd=homepage-americas">Why More College Graduates Are Stuck in Jobs That Don&rsquo;t Require Degrees</a></li>
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Hosted by Sarah Holder; Produced by Julia Press; Reported by Marin Cogan; Edited by Jeffrey Grocott.
Fact-checking by Laura Newcombe; Engineering by Alex Sugiura.
Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

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It’s Not Just You: New Grads Face the Tightest Labor Market in Years

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