, this year's graduating class — both undergrads and grads — will be entering the workforce during challenging, but not entirely unprecedented, times.
Pagels-Minor landed a consulting job upon graduation, but was let go within a few months and ended up spending the rest of 2008 hopping from one part-time or freelance gig to another. "For the first time, I was doing deeply analytical work that I felt helped me grow," they said. And that growth was a sign that they were finally on the right career track and gaining skills that would translate to better compensation and a greater competitive advantage in the marketplace.
For Evans, the switch paid off, and not just initially: She began earning six figures at age 26 and grew through the ranks in corporate communications at IBM, Philips, and Walmart and served as vice president of media relations at Bank of America, VP of communications at Compass Group, and director and head of communications, North and South America, at Cisco.
After realizing that many of her peers were getting advanced degrees since they couldn't find work, she pursued a master's degree, which she self-funded, in arts, organizational leadership, and communications, with a specialization in crisis management from Marist College. She graduated in 2011. Since graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008 with a master's in public health, Mary Grace Gardner, who is currently the director of business operations and chief of staff for, a company that has pioneered in robotic assisted surgical systems, has been pursuing healthcare leadership opportunities.
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