I'm a '23 M7 grad feeling super lost. Since graduating over a year ago, I've pursued a couple entrepreneurial endeavors that didn't pan out. My pre-MBA experience was hedge fund middle office. I've spent months trying to network into banks, consulting firms, investment firms, startups, with no success. I genuinely feel unhireable at the moment. I know it's a tough market, but I don't seem to have the "right" experience for any role, despite the elite MBA. Where can I go?

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OP the best advice I can give you in this current job market is to keep applying. Apply for roles outside your industry and even roles you don't think you are really qualified for. I dont' think its that you are unhireable I think that the job market just sucks right now.

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I don't have any tactical advice. But I know things work out eventually. Nothing good comes easy. Keep your head up, you can do it!

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