Quick disclaimer for this episode.
As you may notice, I'm not one of the usual hosts of Post Reports.
I'm not Kobi Ikowitz or Elahia Zahidi.
I'm Tadeo Ruiz-Sandoval, the audio intern.
Now, I'm just one of 26 interns here at the Post,
and there's about two days left of the internship program for most of us,
which means there's one question on the top of our minds.
Where will we find a job?
Hi, I'm Jenny Crossland.
Hi, I'm Ethan Beck.
I'm the features intern for The Washington Post.
And I am the opinions copy desk intern for the summer of 2025.
It's tough going through all these job postings, seeing five plus years of experience required.
So we are all part of Gen Z, and that means that we were born between 1997 and 2012.
And right now is an incredibly difficult time for Gen Z to land a job.
In July,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate for 20 to 24-year-olds like me is now 7.9%.
And that is a pretty big number.
It's almost double the overall U.S. unemployment rate.
I think looking on LinkedIn can be very defeating, you know, in many ways.