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Fortune
Emma Burleigh

Gen Z is right about the job hunt—it really is worse than it was for millennials, with nearly 60% of fresh-faced grads frozen out of the workforce

Stressed job seeker (Credit: FG Trade / Getty Images)

Gen Z is slammed for complaining about how tough it is to work five days in-office, or even get a job in the first place—but their suspicions may be true. Research has confirmed, their older millennial critics had a far easier time locking down a gig to begin with. 

About 58% of students who graduated between 2024 and 2025 were still looking for their first job, according to a report from Kickresume last May. 

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