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> 短大を卒業した **のちも** 就職せず、フリーター生活に甘んじていることを指しているわけではない。

I think のち means "later" here, like あと, but I don't understand the meaning of
も here. Please, could you clarify for me?
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particles particle-も
What is the meaning of the も particle in this sentence?
In general, も has the effect of including the marked element in the same
category as other similar or related things. Those "other things" are not
always explicitly stated and are sometimes hard to identify. Your example is
one of those cases.

However, technically speaking, も still includes the time frame of 短大を卒業したのち in
the same category as at least one other time frame. The most likely candidate
is 短大を卒業する前. You might think it's obvious this person doesn't find a (full-
time) job while she is still in junior college, but that doesn't matter. It
still serves the purpose of creating a contract in which 短大を卒業したのち is
emphasized.

As a result, this も carries the sense of "even".

> 短大を卒業したのち **も**  
>  **even** after graduating from junior college

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[EDIT]

The question, as I see it, is basically about what is different between
短大を卒業したのち就職しない and 短大を卒業したのち **も** 就職しない and the latter _does_ emphasize the
fact whoever is the subject of this clause doesn't get a job after graduating
from college, something the former states in a pretty neutral fashion. Why
would they emphasize it? That's precisely because, as A.Ellett suggested, you
are expected to look for a job after graduating from college (unlike when you
were still in college) but you still don't. The translation with "even" is not
that off. Whether to add も to 短大を卒業したのち or 就職 is a matter of choice, but I
don’t see why they would use も at all unless they intend this emphasizing
effect.
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