These older millennials made it through the Great Recession—here's what they wish they'd known (via CNBCMakeIt)
. "I was doing temp work at first, and not as an attorney. Then I worked for a nonprofit. Finally, I cold-called an ex's father who worked in the industry and eventually got a job with the government."months between graduation and finally landing a full-time gig, Walstra says he fought back fears that he'd never work in law at all.
On top of the stressful commute, Ku says she was given tasks well outside of the scope of her job, like making lunch for her boss's child. But with most of her friends facing prolonged periods of unemployment, she felt that she had no right to hope for a more fulfilling 9-to-5. of Americans, born during the 1980s. These millennials have accumulated less wealth than previous generations at their age, thanks, in part, to the recession and increased indebtedness, and are rebuilding more slowly, per the Fed's report.who might have been in middle school or high school when the recession hit and entered the job market when the economy was on the upswing.
"They do stand out as having the weakest wealth accumulation relative to expectations," says Ricketts, compared to people born in earlier decades.
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