I couldn't find a job after college, so I became a nanny. When I started working with a wonderful family and making $30 an hour, all my fears melted away.

"I started applying to jobs, mostly social media and creative roles, during my senior year at Monclair State University in the spring of 2024. I felt defeated as graduation approached, and I didn't have any job offers from traditional applications or the PR firm I was interning at. I remember thinking, "I feel like I'm doing all the right things.""

"My favorite quote of all time is "what you're not changing, you're choosing," so I decided to pivot for the summer. I moved back in with my parents and siblings, hopped on a website for care providers and people searching for care to find a part-time nanny job, and became dead set on finding a full-time 9-to-5 by the fall."

Nadya Grisczenkow graduated from Monclair State University in spring 2024 and applied mainly to social media and creative roles while interning at a PR firm. Facing repeated rejections and feeling defeated, she moved home and pivoted to caregiving for the summer. She found a part-time nanny position through a care-provider website, initially intending it as a temporary stopgap. The part-time role evolved into full-time nannying with her first family, earning up to $1,600 weekly. Full-time nannying provided financial stability, personal happiness, and better balance, leading her to decide not to return to a traditional corporate trajectory.

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