Job recruiters are failing Gen Z job seekers

The road to employment continues to get longer for Gen Z job seekers as they experience a frustrating job market.  Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in June 2026, the unemployment rate was 5.7% for recent college graduates between the ages of 22 to 27. Young workers overall, in the same age group, accounted for 7.2% of the unemployment rate. Those are both higher than the unemployment rate of all workers (4.7%). Worse, when many Gen Z job seekers do…