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What's it like entering the workforce during a pandemic? These grads are about to find out

Ismaila Alfa spoke with Anushka Sokhi and Daria Mancino part of the University of Torontos 2021 and 2020 classes, respectively about graduating during a pandemic.

Metro Morning spoke to 2 grads as part of a series on how COVID-19 has changed people and what comes next

What Comes Next: What the future holds for university graduates

3 years ago
Duration 3:11
For the second year in a row, the pandemic has forced many graduation ceremonies online and as Ismaila Alfa found out, has left some grads wondering what the future holds. This is Part 3 of a Metro Morning series exploring how the pandemic has changed people and what comes next.

Normally right about now, you'd see university campuses teeming with young adults in gowns, celebrating a major milestone in their lives.

But this year like last year that's all on video. And once that video ends, and the degrees arrive in the mail, grads will be joining the working world at a time of high unemployment and a lot of uncertainty for the future.

CBC Radio's Metro Morning hostIsmaila Alfa spoke with Anushka Sokhi and Daria Mancino part of the University of Toronto's 2021 and 2020 classes, respectively about graduating during a pandemic.

This is the third instalment of a Metro Morning series exploring how the pandemic has changed people and what comes next.

With files from Brendan Ross and Ismaila Alfa