New York — When 41-year-old Emily Groveman is not volunteering at a New York City animal shelter, she's usually in her one-bedroom apartment looking for a job.

"It's been impossibly difficult," Groveman told CBS News. "It's been almost two years."

For almost a decade, she worked in hospitality with the NBA.

"All the swag tickets to parties, back of house tours, meet-and-greets with the players, that would all flow through me," Groveman said.

Groveman then went on to lead a team at a digital marketing firm for about six years. She left in 2023 and hasn't been able to find another job since. She's tried everything, she says, from reaching out to her network of friends, to working with a recruiter, to posting resume reels on LinkedIn.

"The job market has been brutal for quite some t

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