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The field of academia is a very challenging area to break into, especially for recent graduates. Academic job openings declined from 68% in 2020 to 27% in 2024 revealing the increasing difficulty of obtaining one of these positions. This is partially related to the decline in academic funding over the past few years which has caused lots of turmoil within the research community (DeAngelis, 2025). In addition, getting into a graduate program proves to be a time-consuming proce