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The author (right) is the only Gen Zer in her family. Erin LiamI'm the youngest of three siblings — and the only Gen Zer. When I graduated this year, I faced the realities of job-hunting and adulthood. I learned lessons from observing my sisters and other millennials navigate their 20s.

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