一名普林斯顿大学博士生投递了 2,300 份工作后仍未找到工作

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A Princeton Ph.D. Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can’t Get One.

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A Princeton Ph.D. Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can’t Get One.

There’s a deep freeze paralyzing the labor market—and it’s hitting college-educated workers hard

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Image 2: Jack Weis has been living in his parents’ basement while looking for work for two years.

Jack Weis has been living in his parents’ basement while looking for work for two years.

Lindsay Ellis | Photography by Dan Krauss for WSJ

Oct. 17, 2026 7:00 pm ET

JACK WEIS likes to joke that he’s just another unemployed guy living in his parents’ basement.

That leaves out a few key details: The Salt Lake City native has applied to more than 2,300 jobs since he graduated from Princeton in 2024 with his Ph.D. in chemical engineering. And he still doesn’t have a job.

He first pursued corporate science jobs and prestigious postdoctoral fellowships at national laboratories. Then he cast a wider net, applying to software engineering and other roles. Eventually, he was getting ghosted for food-preparation jobs, including at a company that sells frozen crab cakes.

For a time, Weis got a gig training AI on his expertise, including in engineering and fluid mechanics. That work dried up too.

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