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Millennials often find themselves in retail jobs having to make ends meet, but entrepreneurship is increasingly the answer for this generation. Sergej Khakimullin/Shutterstock

More than half, or 63 percent, of bachelor's degree holders are settling for a job selling T-shirts, cell phones, coffee, or fixing store displays, a new survey out today finds.

“The shaky economy has forced many (Millennials) into a world of underemployment,” says Katie Bardaro, lead economist for Seattle-based PayScale, Inc., a provider of on-demand compensation data and software. PayScale worked on the survey with Millennial Branding, a Boston-based Gen Y research and management consulting company.

To read the original article: The harsh retail reality for Millennials