“I have a job offer with a digital marketing company. But it’s kind of up in the air right now. I’m just waiting patiently to see where this pandemic leads us.
“The plan was for me to attend a boot camp in Denver with all the other entry-level analysts to get the foundational knowledge we’ll need to start working. They let me know the only thing that could keep me from being able to start with them in August is if Denver is still in a shelter-in-place. So I’m doing a lot of hoping and praying that the pandemic kind of eases up on us and gives us all a break.
“When all this started happening, I was fearful for sure. I thought, I’ve worked so hard to get this college education and this job, I don’t want to have to go through the process again of possibly finding a job.
“But then I got on LinkedIn, and I saw all these other 2020 graduates saying how they’ve been affected and how they’re just going to do what they can to make their lives work. There are thousands of other graduates going through the same thing as me. And there are thousands of employers who understand what’s happening to the class of 2020.
“So I just thought, you know, the worst thing that can happen is I have to move back home and move in with my parents until I can get on my feet. A lot of graduates are having to do that because their job offer was rescinded or they don’t have anything lined up, and they can’t afford to continue where they’re living.
“I’m hopeful that everything will work out. It always does. If my job does get rescinded, I will do everything I can to stay where I’m at and find another job. But if not, I’ll be able to move home and spend some quality time with my parents, who I haven’t lived with in seven years.
“So I’m just taking things day by day, and realizing that the worst thing that could happen is not even that bad at all. It’s not the end of the world. For me, it’s very comforting to take that approach.”
— Emily Brown
After her freshman year at Brigham Young University, Emily took four semesters off to serve a religious mission in Mexico. She just graduated with a bachelor’s degree in geography: global studies and a minor in statistics. While waiting to start her new job, she continues working as center director at Mathnasium in Provo, Utah.