{"id":582955,"date":"2026-05-14T04:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582955\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:43:11","slug":"why-the-u-s-job-market-is-so-hard-especially-for-recent-college-graduates-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582955\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the U.S. job market is so hard, especially for recent college graduates &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPX0dab1U2dGcxbjJaMUI5bTZMb1dscDFaVWY1dUR2RU1MaW56QmFOWXJON3lxMDZwWU95WXJPaHBTY3RfSUZfUjlFcjVyVFdiTGxQVHY5TkZGQnRoZzVVRENjS0Y2bXR4VVE0NEpyVmVLVkxvZThHNkNrT0VMd3piTzN2SVhveFljM0xrOWV2dUhBX3RBQXliOHNhS2JkQ2dQUkJFLXB5Q1Q?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why the U.S. job market is so hard, especially for recent college graduates<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQZGhVT2Z5eWlsLWFzUEZ6RVMwcnRGMzdiTEtTVlpNT2NXTENZN0dZWHJlVy1NLTduUERNel9mWE9GTVR5bjRNajhjZ3VDc2Vpd1BQcHFrNEVocHYzWEFjUVFVbWk5THMxdkNydUxTREVlYjU4UFpxSlpGZ0FuRzdiRmoxTHlwNXNhY1V1WHdnQzZfajFFZ3ZUejhCSjBXRkh5UDJ3UkkwM21LU0k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A high GPA gets you screened in. Here\u2019s shat actually gets you hired in 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;VentureBeat<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxOOUNvVUVLaXU3M0pJaU1CZzZGaFlVM2ZKNWN0bXNQR1haMkZjci1qWmw2US1tRzVubmFzLXVOSXktWUdaV0t4OEJnc2xoTWYyUzFoTlVDWVRnb0M5bDRNRUM0ZEZTUHh2a0RGMXJ4eU43bm1xLTJNa25GUW43amgyVjQ1bUpZVnl2NVptcjJSd0ZsaUhjM2ZMM0oxLWI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Graduates reset ambitions in pursuit of first jobs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Seattle Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPSGt1YXJfOWt1X2lNVUxkQjZzbGpFdmI5c2s0czRxZUJINkQzR1hIT1I1aVlkUW15cjdRN1NSYlQzWnQ2V2o2VGxPWmwyMHYwcDRDYUdUdFJPM05RV3A0aXVLb0RPV0xjdHg4a3hnemZGWjZQak9ZMGtVYjlqMzR5N3VMTnhJSmhhSjNHR2NGWjQtQVBzQl9KeEN3ckVBY2pZTmhLeUV4RDVpcTJJeUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tough job market awaits class of 2026, but experts have advice for new grads<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WGXA<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxOUHMwU1J3NzJsU1BkZEx2WFlKRjRQYi1XYmdxVWxnRGNYbFB0MDBIQ1FDS2kwUTFrQjVUQ2VlMFU2emFNRVgzUVRGQU8xRUNwZFhtWkFDdElRcXRFVnBBNTY4MzFlT2ktdm8zWklPbTFNREdNSDViT3NhdlpNSkxhcGhteUEtbV9MY2lORzY2em9vbmdiM1NfQ2N5NVBpX1lMTm9yUnBIQmZYcjNCNldwbVZYU1B1NXRLNEZ4dmctQnVUdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New college grads, ask us your questions about the job market<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MSN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why the U.S. job market is so hard, especially for recent college graduates&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington PostA high GPA gets&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-582955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}