On Sept. 9, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report, revising the estimated number of jobs added from last year through March down by nearly a million. It’s the latest in a series of economic woes that have some students at Chapman, both current and graduated, worried about their futures.
For students like film and television production major Sparrow Gilligan, who expects to graduate in 2026, the primary concern is entry-level positions.
“I’m doing everything in my power to get a job as an assistant editor or post-production assistant, ideally in the horror realm,” said Gilligan. “At first, it was a bit more hopeful, but now people aren’t afraid to tell me that there’s an extreme lack of entry-level positions for editors — and everyone in film, for that matter.”…