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Corporate Scandals and Career Choices
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With corporate America under a dark cloud and the job market not looking much brighter, the 20-something generation is facing tough times and an uncertain road ahead. Many are rethinking their values and asking themselves tough questions about what they want and who they want to be when the grow up. In this hour, twenty-somethings speak out about their futures and the world today.

Guests:

Alexandra Robbins,journalist, co-author of “Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties;” Ameet Shah, quit corporate job and joined Teach for America

Murad Sofizade, graduate student at Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government

Kristen Fitzpatrick, student at Harvard Business School Jason Crawford, works for New York investment firm

Marcie Schorr Hirsch, management consultant and former director of career services at Wellesley College

 
 

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