DALLAS — I got my university degree and then sent out something like 100 reels and resumes and waited an excruciatingly long six weeks, marked by plenty of rejections.

So, I get all you 20 to 24-year-olds who are grappling with a tough job market . And there are a lot of you. Texas has more than 2.2 million (2,200,837) 20 to 24-year-olds, second most behind California (2,584,143), according to Census data .

I’m focusing on that age group because their unemployment rate is nearly double the overall jobless rate. So, these things may be familiar to you: “applications going nowhere”, “vague feedback if any”, “entry-level roles that require three years of experience”.

Those all come from a recent LinkedIn article addressing how “breaking into the workforce in 2025 is harder tha

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