Job prospects dwindling for college grads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an estimated 600000 to 750000 H1B workers in the United States and more than 1 million students who use or become eligible for OPT each year. These programs create a large supply of foreign labor for roles that often overlap with the entry level positions sought by recent American graduates. Given this scale, policymakers should reconsider or even eliminate these pathways in order to prioritize hiring and career development opportunities for US graduates first, ensuring that public investment in domestic education translates into stronger early career outcomes for citizens.

+1

I completely agree. As an IT contractor for a federal agency, I can tell you that around 90% of the IT workforce—including roles like helpdesk support, IT infrastructure, and software development—consists of H1B visa holders. I know so many recent computer science graduates from universities like UVA, Virginia Tech, and UMD who are actively searching for jobs, and they would jump at the chance to work as government contractors for major firms. Yet, companies like Leidos, SAIC, BAH, and CACI find ways to sidestep regulations by hiring H1B workers instead of U.S. citizens, even while qualified American CS grads are left unemployed. These big boys work around the rule by subcontracting to other smaller companies. I am incredibly frustrated and pissed off.

Agree.
2nd gen Indian American here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an estimated 600000 to 750000 H1B workers in the United States and more than 1 million students who use or become eligible for OPT each year. These programs create a large supply of foreign labor for roles that often overlap with the entry level positions sought by recent American graduates. Given this scale, policymakers should reconsider or even eliminate these pathways in order to prioritize hiring and career development opportunities for US graduates first, ensuring that public investment in domestic education translates into stronger early career outcomes for citizens.

Thank you Stephen Miller. You may now put back on your ski mask and return to your raids with all of the other losers in ICE.

The immigrants' American children will face exactly same problems if not worse. It is not about ICE or not, it is survival issues.

[Anonymous]

I work in big tech company and 50% of the managers and it staff are h1b. They are hoarding the positions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every day, there's an announcement about how industries are tightening their belts and hiring fewer entry-level workers because of AI. Where exactly are all these kids struggling to get into college going to go after graduation? The number of 2025 graduates still unemployed is kind of crazy, and the news only gets more abysmal coming out of consulting and tech sectors.

Every day there's a new thread about the abysmal job market for recent college graduates.

Plus the shootings or robberies on the daily basis. Do you see the connection? We need change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Engineers are in high demand.

A lot of those job postings seem like a cover for companies to hire H-1B workers or outsource roles by saying there aren’t enough Americans. Either they don't make efforts to hire Americans or the pay does not justify the living cost and student loans

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every day, there's an announcement about how industries are tightening their belts and hiring fewer entry-level workers because of AI. Where exactly are all these kids struggling to get into college going to go after graduation? The number of 2025 graduates still unemployed is kind of crazy, and the news only gets more abysmal coming out of consulting and tech sectors.

Be female.

The younger entry level HR workers are filtering out male applicants.

Talk to one.

They will openly talk about it if you ask them. For some reason, if they entered the workforce over the past couple years they think it is perfectly legal to discriminate by gender.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Engineers are in high demand.

Not if they are citizens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The demand for business majors just keeps going up and up. They are increasingly looking to hire graduates with training in finance.

I hope this holds true for my son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The same place all of the other unemployed grads went when they graduated into a bad job market. Grad school or a different field than what they studied.

Do entry-level grad school graduates fare differently?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are an estimated 600000 to 750000 H1B workers in the United States and more than 1 million students who use or become eligible for OPT each year. These programs create a large supply of foreign labor for roles that often overlap with the entry level positions sought by recent American graduates. Given this scale, policymakers should reconsider or even eliminate these pathways in order to prioritize hiring and career development opportunities for US graduates first, ensuring that public investment in domestic education translates into stronger early career outcomes for citizens.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an estimated 600000 to 750000 H1B workers in the United States and more than 1 million students who use or become eligible for OPT each year. These programs create a large supply of foreign labor for roles that often overlap with the entry level positions sought by recent American graduates. Given this scale, policymakers should reconsider or even eliminate these pathways in order to prioritize hiring and career development opportunities for US graduates first, ensuring that public investment in domestic education translates into stronger early career outcomes for citizens.

Thank you Stephen Miller. You may now put back on your ski mask and return to your raids with all of the other losers in ICE.

DP. Exactly what is incorrect about the PP's post? Ever think your gross overreaction and hyperbole is the problem?

[Anonymous]

Check out loan forgiveness programs for teachers and nurses

[Anonymous]

I’m sure the amazing students of parents here will get great jobs when they graduate despite every other graduate in the country struggling mightily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an estimated 600000 to 750000 H1B workers in the United States and more than 1 million students who use or become eligible for OPT each year. These programs create a large supply of foreign labor for roles that often overlap with the entry level positions sought by recent American graduates. Given this scale, policymakers should reconsider or even eliminate these pathways in order to prioritize hiring and career development opportunities for US graduates first, ensuring that public investment in domestic education translates into stronger early career outcomes for citizens.

+1

I completely agree. As an IT contractor for a federal agency, I can tell you that around 90% of the IT workforce—including roles like helpdesk support, IT infrastructure, and software development—consists of H1B visa holders. I know so many recent computer science graduates from universities like UVA, Virginia Tech, and UMD who are actively searching for jobs, and they would jump at the chance to work as government contractors for major firms. Yet, companies like Leidos, SAIC, BAH, and CACI find ways to sidestep regulations by hiring H1B workers instead of U.S. citizens, even while qualified American CS grads are left unemployed. These big boys work around the rule by subcontracting to other smaller companies. I am incredibly frustrated and pissed off.

Agree- and I am not maga. our company pays a LOT to sponsor H1Bs and some don't even stay a year. It is expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an estimated 600000 to 750000 H1B workers in the United States and more than 1 million students who use or become eligible for OPT each year. These programs create a large supply of foreign labor for roles that often overlap with the entry level positions sought by recent American graduates. Given this scale, policymakers should reconsider or even eliminate these pathways in order to prioritize hiring and career development opportunities for US graduates first, ensuring that public investment in domestic education translates into stronger early career outcomes for citizens.

+1

I completely agree. As an IT contractor for a federal agency, I can tell you that around 90% of the IT workforce—including roles like helpdesk support, IT infrastructure, and software development—consists of H1B visa holders. I know so many recent computer science graduates from universities like UVA, Virginia Tech, and UMD who are actively searching for jobs, and they would jump at the chance to work as government contractors for major firms. Yet, companies like Leidos, SAIC, BAH, and CACI find ways to sidestep regulations by hiring H1B workers instead of U.S. citizens, even while qualified American CS grads are left unemployed. These big boys work around the rule by subcontracting to other smaller companies. I am incredibly frustrated and pissed off.

Agree- and I am not maga. our company pays a LOT to sponsor H1Bs and some don't even stay a year. It is expensive.

Who do you work for? I will short the stock.