Recent Graduates Face Job Market Challenges Amid Economic and Technological Shifts
TL;DR
Economist Brad DeLong argues that recent struggles of college graduates in finding jobs are primarily due to economic slowdown and policy uncertainty, not AI, which is instead leading to increased investment in infrastructure and risk aversion among companies, especially affecting entry-level hiring.
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- Top economist Brad DeLong to recent college grads: Don't blame AI for job struggles—blame the sputtering economy Fortune
- Dismal job market leaves new college graduates scrambling in age of Trump tariffs and AI NBC News
- Gen Z men with college degrees now have the same unemployment rate as non-grads—a sign that the higher education payoff is dead MSN
- They used to be on top of the world. Now, they're the center of the jobs apocalypse... and it's upending society Daily Mail
- Survey Finds 58% Of Recent Graduates Have Not Landed Their First Job, With 1 In 4 Regretting Their Pursuit Of Higher Education AfroTech
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