{"id":31379,"date":"2025-12-02T13:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=31379"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:25:18","slug":"even-harvards-smartest-graduates-cant-get-a-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/12\/even-harvards-smartest-graduates-cant-get-a-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Harvard\u2019s Smartest Graduates Can\u2019t Get a Job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EconomyMedia\"><\/a>In today&#8217;s world, everyone should have ample opportunities to find good jobs, with strong technology, better infrastructure, and easy-to-access knowledge globally. But that ideal isn&#8217;t our current reality. Many youths among Gen Z struggle to find jobs; even those that have attended universities as prestigious as Harvard cannot find good jobs, let alone any jobs at all. But why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more, watch the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Why Even Harvard\u2019s Smartest Graduates Can\u2019t Get a Job Now\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4I_LuUqBqg?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201c<\/em>vicious circle<em>\u201d <\/em><\/strong>mean?<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>\u201cThis requirement contradicts the purpose of such positions and places young people in a <\/em><strong><em>vicious circle<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u201d<\/em> Use this term in a sentence. Give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>to<\/strong> <strong>string together<\/strong>\u201d mean?&nbsp; \u201d\u201cMore<em> than 60% believe they will have <strong>to<\/strong> <\/em><strong><em>string together<\/em><\/strong><em> multiple temporary or gig economy jobs before accessing a stable position<\/em><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;Use this phrase in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does\u00a0\u201c<strong>hybrid job<\/strong>\u201d mean?<em>\u00a0 \u201cFor many, that meant a remote or <\/em><strong><em>hybrid job<\/em><\/strong><em>. And for some, it meant throwing out the 9 to 5 altogether.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Use this expression to make your own sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Should companies continue requiring prior job experience for entry-level positions? 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