Why Your College Graduate Can't Find a Job — Even After Doing Everything Right
Nearly 43% of college graduates aged 22 to 27 are underemployed — the highest rate since the pandemic. Entry-level jobs aren't just scarce. They're disappearing, absorbed by AI and a frozen hiring market. The ladder didn't move. It got pulled up. The graduates who thrive won't be the ones with the most prestigious first job. They'll be the ones who accumulated the most real experience. Because experience is the one thing AI cannot replicate.