All’interno della battaglia per i lavori laureati: “Abbiamo primati ma nessun lavoro”
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/inside-battle-graduate-jobs-ai-0vw5fbjfp
di OGSyedIsEverywhere
All’interno della battaglia per i lavori laureati: “Abbiamo primati ma nessun lavoro”
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/inside-battle-graduate-jobs-ai-0vw5fbjfp
di OGSyedIsEverywhere
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I can’t access the article since it’s pay-walled, but it would be interesting to see if there’s a difference between different degree subjects.
Been like that since I graduated in 2017.
Took me about 3 years of full-time work before I got offered a role from a grad scheme which I didn’t end up taking anyway because I got a better offer at the time in an apprenticeship role.
Generalist degrees used to tell employers that someone had discipline and can learn, whereas now everyone’s got one.
Good job the EU is going to force us to allow their young unemployed grads to compete for UK grad jobs again!
You don’t need to hire undergraduates anymore in the age of the skilled worker/PSW visa. The ‘going rate’ system ensures salaries remain depressed too.
I graduated in 2024 and it’s been rough job seeking. I got really lucky and landed a job with the police in June, still going through pre-employment checks.
I gave up on graduate roles almost immediately, no point trying to compete. I got a 2:1 law degree with no legal work experience, there are so many law grads and the no experience part is on me. Fair enough, I’ll just look for an entry level job or something.
But then the entry level jobs are also so competitive. Jobs you’d think an 18 year old straight out of A-levels could go do now ask for 1-2 years relevant experience for entry level whilst still paying minimum wage in south east England. It’s brutal but it’s an employers market so they can make ridiculous demands for minimum wage jobs. I haven’t experienced it myself, but people also often say how they’ll omit their degree off their CV for non grad roles too.
My job hunting really only started making good progress when I really focused on public sector jobs since they don’t ask for 2 years of experience for a £25k a year job.
And then the cherry on top is the fact all I have known in my adult life so far is a stagnating UK and economy. Gotta love turning 18 in 2020 lol, even in my first 2 years of uni mostly everything was shut down which really soured my uni experience :/
Thank god I got this job now, I got so lucky and I definitely won the lottery there! 10 months of job seeking finally came to an end. I empathise with all the grads that are going through this job hunting hell, it’s awful.
This has basically been my experience
Being under qualified for grad jobs and being over qualified for the “normal” jobs
My attempt at entering the graduate tech job market after getting a masters.
2.1 science bsc from top 5 uni. Distinction in data science msc from top 10 uni. Years of professional experience as a science teacher. CV and cover letter approved by career services. 100+ job applications. 2 phone screening interviews. Gave up and did something else
Lack of elbow grease from these woke zoomers, if you ask me.
We should bring back national service. Bla bla bla.
It has been like this for the past 40 odd years..
Back in the late 80’s my cousin got 1st in Business Studies from Liverpool Uni.. It took her 3 years to get a job in her chosen field, in meantime she worked as a Usher, in various Bars, Cashier etc.. basically anything she could get.
Is it more difficult today, absolutely but getting a Degree has never been a guarantee for getting a job.
It is much more difficult today as you have x times the number of people getting Degree’s but either same or less number of jobs available.
The days of a first class degree guaranteeing a good job (or any job at all) are long over, which was inevitable with the combination of increasing student numbers and grade inflation. About a third of student are now graduating with firsts class degrees – so they’re really not special or much of a differentiating factor any more.
A painful and expensive lesson for graduates to learn, but one that they (and the next generation of students) need to take on board.
The graduate job crisis isnt a cycle, it’s a structural collapse. AI killed the entry-level “drudge work” that used to train grads, so the whole ladder into white collar stability is gone.
More applications, better CVs, or “quality over quantity “won’t fix it. The pipeline itself is evaporating. What we are seeing is the end of the old education → employment → middle-class circuit, not just a bad year. Ai and unit cost dominance over labour is the cause. I can’t see any solution.