Undergraduates might be clutching their Natty Light and graduation caps a little tighter this year compared to prior graduating-class cohorts. Facing waves of uncertainty after a chapter closes isn’t a new story, many a successful and cloying coming of age movie has been made on the subject. But the class of 2025 is wading into especially trying waters.
So finds student job platform Handshake in a newly released report which surveyed 1,925 members of the incoming senior class. In a temperature check, the undergraduate career platform got back a resoundingly lukewarm result. Over half (57%) of the class of 2025 reported feeling pessimistic about starting their careers. Last year, that number stood at just 49% of the graduating class.
