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Seeking Your First Job After College? Share Your Story.

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The New York Times wants to hear from recent college graduates, other young job seekers and hiring managers about this year’s job market.The economy is growing. Unemployment is low. But the job market is not as hot as it used to be, and younger applicants, with or without college degrees, are feeling the pinch. Hiring projections for this year’s college graduating class are below last year’s, and the downturn is particularly notable in fields like finance, insurance, marketing and real estate.I cover economics at The New York Times, and I would like to hear from recent college graduates and other young job seekers, as well as hiring managers, about what the job market has looked like to them this year.Your responses will help us gain a fuller, more nuanced understanding of how the broader trends are being felt — or, in some cases, overcome.We’ll read every response, and we’ll reach out to some people to learn more. We won’t publish your name or any part of your submission without hearing back from you and verifying your story. And we won’t share your contact information outside the Times newsroom. If you prefer to share tips or thoughts confidentially, you can do so here.Our first set of questions are for job seekers, and then we have questions for hiring managers.Tell us about your recent experience in seeking work — or workers. More

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    What Is Your Housing Situation? We Want to Hear From You.

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    A Times housing reporter wants to learn more about the pressures of rising housing costs and how they have affected your community and family.“No society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members.”I have that quote (from “Crabgrass Frontier,” the seminal history of America’s suburbs) taped to a wall behind my desk. It summarizes why I love covering housing for The New York Times and seem never to run out of things to write about. Housing is everything. It’s where we live and raise our families. It is most people’s largest store of wealth. Whether you own, you rent, or you sleep outside, where you hang your head defines much of your existence.Over the past few decades, and especially since the pandemic, housing has gone from a symbol of American strength to an everyday crisis. Aspiring homeowners are becoming forever renters. People live in increasingly crowded households, the supply of illegal housing has surged and homeless camps have multiplied. People are fleeing expensive states for cheaper ones — which has in turn created housing problems in the cities where they end up.There have also been new opportunities: The rise of at-home offices has allowed many people to relocate to cheaper housing markets and prompted a number of families to quit their 9 to 5s and redevelop property or become landlords. In California and elsewhere, the legalization of backyard homes has inspired a number of homeowners to become developers by creating small rental units on their properties.For the past several years, I have covered virtually every aspect of America’s housing crisis, from the public officials trying to tackle it in statehouses to the people living its consequences. I write about tenants as well as landlords, developers as well as environmentalists, public housing as well as private — even an attempt to build a new city from scratch.My stories range in topic and come from around the country, but the common thread is that they are rooted in the accounts of people and the places that make them. Which is why I want to hear from you. I want to know what kinds of housing pressures you are dealing with and how they have affected your life, family, friendships and community. And I want to know what stories or topics you think need more attention. The articles I write are inspired by the stories people tell me.I read all submissions. I also always reach back out to ask more questions and make sure I’ve got my facts right before I publish anything. I won’t publish anything without your explicit permission, and I won’t use your contact information for any other purpose or share it outside the newsroom. If you would like to submit information anonymously, please visit our tips page. More

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    How Has the Economy Affected You? We Want to Know.

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    The Times’s economics team is looking for reader input on what you’re going through financially and what you see in your community.The economics team at The New York Times covers everything having to do with your financial well-being: jobs, inflation, wages, taxes, inequality, government regulations, the social safety net, small businesses, large businesses, the cost of college, housing, transportation and more.We can’t do it well without understanding what Americans experience in their daily lives. That’s why we’d love for you to tell us what you’re dealing with, and what you think needs more attention.We read all submissions, often write stories inspired by them and always reach back out to ask more questions and make sure we’ve got the details right before we use them in an article. We won’t publish anything without your explicit permission, and won’t use your contact information for any other purpose or share it outside our newsroom. If you would like to submit information anonymously, please visit our tips page. More

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    Frontline Workers: How Has Your Commute Changed During the Pandemic?

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    If you have never had the option to work from home because your job must be done in person, tell us how your commute has shifted over the past three years.Cities and workplaces have been upended since the pandemic began. Some people moved from cities to suburbs. Stores and restaurants moved out of busy downtown areas. Train and bus schedules shifted.The New York Times is reporting on how commuting has changed over the last three years for people who have never had the option to work from home because their jobs must be done in person — in health care, hospitality, food service, manufacturing, building maintenance, sanitation, public safety, you name it. We’d like to hear about your experiences. We may use your contact information to get in touch with you, and we won’t use your submission without first confirming with you that it’s OK.Tell us about your commute. More