The GenZ Unemployment/Underemployment Crisis: It's Real

In the Spring of 2024 I was a Senior in college at Auburn University. I was on my way to finishing a B.S. in Apparel Design and Production Management and a B.A. in Spanish. Just like most college seniors I was searching for a full-time, post-grad job. After extensive searching I finally took a questionable job just so I didn't have to have to be a financial burden on my mother.

straight from children (the most protected by society) to the impoverished adults least protected by society

Data:

• https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/04/02/low-hiring-low-firing-economy-not-great-for-gen-z

• https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/03/gen-z-unemployment-chart-global-comparisons/

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/markcperna/2025/02/11/4-reasons-gen-z-is-struggling-to-land-a-new-job-in-2025/

• https://fortune.com/2025/07/14/gen-z-job-hunting-harder-millions-unemployed-millennial-gen-x-careers-ai-entry-level-work/

• https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-unemployment-rates-job-struggle-2125071

• https://fortune.com/2025/09/21/why-gen-z-unemployment-hiring-nightmare-jerome-powell-top-economists/

• https://nationalinterest.org/feature/whats-behind-the-global-gen-z-revolution