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7 Reasons to Have an ‘Exit Plan’ When College Grads Move Home

7 Reasons to Have an ‘Exit Plan’ When College Grads Move Home

Published by Jenni Sidey

Many college graduates will be returning home soon, and while most parents will welcome them back with open arms, an extended stay can leave the door open to uncertainty. Is this a long-term arrangement? For how long do they want to live at home? What could precipitate an adult child moving out permanently? Parents and college grads who are coming back to live under the same roof frequently don’t have answers to these questions. That’s because they’re missing one key component that could help put everyone’s mind at ease, even if it might be difficult to discuss. What’s needed is an exit plan. Not too long ago, discussions centered around grown kids’ “failure to launch.” The phrase became a catch-all to describe offspring who remained home with their parents, many for years. Some blamed “stunted development.” But it doesn’t have to work out this way. By having an open conversation or series of conversations that detail everyone’s expectations and circumstances surrounding departure, the family can enjoy time together without being left guessing. Shaping an Exit …

Shortage of Merchant Marines means big money for new grads : NPR

Shortage of Merchant Marines means big money for new grads : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Students on the aft deck of the Empire State VII preparing for this year’s summer cruise. They’ll sail to Charleston, S.C., Málaga, Spain and Belfast, Northern Ireland before returning to New York. SUNY Maritime College hide caption toggle caption SUNY Maritime College The gangway up to the Empire State VII slopes from the dock at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx, where the East River meets the Long Island Sound. The ship is massive — 530 feet, nine decks – and it’s being prepped for its annual summer teaching cruise. Tom Murphy, SUNY Maritime College’s Chief of Staff and a 1993 alumnus, has spent a lot of time on vessels at sea. But this one is different. “This is the first ship purposely built for training cadets,” he said. “This isn’t just a working ship, this is a school on water.” SUNY Maritime is one of six state-run maritime academies in the country. Most are run like quasi-military academies. Students wear uniforms, follow regimented schedules, and learn through a curriculum that blends traditional engineering and seamanship …

Recent Grads Say AI Is Making It Impossible to Find a Job

Recent Grads Say AI Is Making It Impossible to Find a Job

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As debate rages over whether AI’s effects on the job market are real or illusory, one thing is clear: recent college grads are entering a labor force that has no room for them regardless. In a poll conducted by Gallup over the final three months of 2025, a whopping 72 percent of respondents said it was a “bad time” to find a quality job. From December of last year to March, the labor force participation rate fell from 62.4 percent to 61.9, a drop of 0.5 percent. For a stark sense of perspective, it took the decade between 2012 and 2022 for that figure to decline by 2.1 percent — indicating that the situation today is highly volatile. The horrifying labor market is emerging at a time when tech companies and their investors are in a frenzy over AI automation. Whether those things are directly correlated is one of the burning questions of the AI boom, but recent …