Economics
Where the Class of 2020 Is Finding Job Opportunities
The pandemic-hit economy has forced new U.S. graduates to dramatically alter their expectations about what their lives and careers will be like.
Halle Steinberg, class of 2020 at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, pivoted from airlines to home improvement.
Photographer: Matt Odom/Bloomberg
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Some 2020 graduates are finding jobs, even in this economy. Luck plays a role, sure, but so does a willingness to compromise.
Halle Steinberg said she wasn’t surprised when Delta Air Lines Inc. rescinded a job offer just two days before she graduated with a degree in business analytics from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in Atlanta. Undaunted, she applied for a data analytics position at Home Depot Inc. and got the job.