Reference: Bamberger, P. A., Koopmann, J., Wang, M., Larimer, M., Nahum-Shani, I., Geisner, I., & Bacharach, S. B. (2018). Does College Alcohol Consumption Impact Employment Upon Graduation? Findings From a Prospective Study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(1), 111-121. College students anxiously pursue their first job post-graduation. Since the 2008 recession, college graduates experience challenges in securing employment, with only 46% of 2016 graduates receiving a job offer pre-graduation. Psychologists’ sought to examine how specifically alcohol use, impacts college students’ employment after graduation. Researchers surveyed 830 graduates from four diverse U.S. universities before and one month after graduation about employment as well as the frequency and quantity of their alcohol use Results showed the frequency of heavy drinking episodes adversely impacts the probability of employment after graduation. Average use (

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