For Gen Z, the 2-year plan is the new 5-year plan in an economy where a dream job doesn’t exist

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Job stability: It’s a difficult thing to find these days, but that’s exactly what young job seekers are looking for. 

So finds early career network Handshake in a survey of 1,400 new college grads and soon-to-be college grads, in which 73% said they wanted stability. Despite 263,000 jobs added last month and a nearly 53-year-low unemployment rate, recession predictions and recent layoffs have instilled a sense of work anxiety in Gen Z, reports the New York Times’ Emma Goldberg.