Last May, I graduated with my bachelor's degree from The New School, a relatively large private institution in New York City. I knew competition postgrad would be competitive, but I did not anticipate a grim job market and AI takeovers. As a Dean's List student with a 3.9 GPA and multiple extracurriculars under my belt, I figured I'd be a top candidate for my first entry-level job . Boy, was I wrong. I figured graduating would mean freedom from the confines of a classroom. But when I followed