I just graduated a few months ago, why will no one hire me despite my academic accomplishments?

Education & Qualifications

I have already posted this in a different sub but l'm posting it here too. I have already posted something similar to this when I was still in school because I was already worried about job prospects and I got like two people to respond. I'm 22f I just graduated with a BA in cultural anthropology in May and I can't get a single interview for anything other than scammy sounding jobs that seem like MLMs. I applied for internships too and I couldn't get any. What really kills me is that I feel like I did a lot academically and still can't get anything.

I diversified my degree to have focus in public health and online culture and Al, maintained a 4.0 all throughout college, have experience coding with R to perform statistical analysis and using GIS and have done extracurricular research since I was in the honors college, one of them was even funded by a small grant. I also participated in doing research on food insecurity for the school board for one of my classes. I also held a job as a server all throughout college. And I am bilingual. No legitimate job wants to hire me. I can't even get jobs that a degree is not needed for like an entry level paralegal. I don't know if I'm just applying in the wrong places or something or my degree and so called experience is just genuinely worthless. Because that's how it feels.

If you're asking why I majored in anthropology was because I initially wanted to stay in academia when I entered college. I still want to go to grad school but I want to hold off until the mess with this administration is over and because I would need enough funds to pay for it and obviously my current position doesn't really allow me to enough money quickly. (Not taking out loans, I graduated college debt free and I would like to stay debt free).

Please don't tell me oh you're young don't worry, even though I'm young l've been stuck living with my parents working a job I hate in a city I hate for 5 years in the name of finishing my degree, plus you never know what could happen. I want to move on with the next step of my life while I'm young, not another decade from now.

What do I do? What should I get a cert or something? More experience??? Try networking even though begging people I hardly know for a job seems like a sure fire way not to get one??

Sorry if I sound really negative but l'm just so exhausted of trying so hard and getting nothing for it.

Posted Aug 5, 2025, 10:14 PM UTC

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