Worrying that a low salary will follow you from role to role is understandable. But lying about it is not the fix.

In our recent national survey, we found that small businesses are 30% more likely than larger employers to say they are not hiring recent college graduates in 2026. About 1 in 5 small-business ...

Employers will say the market is competitive, that expectations have risen, or that technology has changed the nature of work ...