2026 Grads Face an Economy That Feels Tough. 5 Ways to Still Get Ahead

After years spent studying, weeks of final exams and afternoons spent booing commencement speakers when they brought up artificial intelligence, the class of 2026 has graduated into an economy in which consumer sentiment is near all-time lows. New college graduates are entering “the real world” without rose-colored glasses. At 76%, a majority of those surveyed by the career platform Monster in…