Job prospects dwindling for college grads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need teachers, nurses and mental health professionals. Most of these jobs will not help pay off tons of student loans (though some places have loan forgiveness programs) but they are important, meaningful jobs.

Not everyone needs to be a consultant, investment banker, lawyer, AI whiz, or dermatologist. And not everyone needs to live in their favorite big city.

All of those jobs require more school. If someone can't get a job now, I'm not sure they want to take on more debt because who knows if the jobs will be there.

Teachers and nurses have plenty of job options - there's a shortage of both.

The IB/hedge fund/asset mngr jobs just sound so boring and not beneficial to humanity but I guess the money draws some people.

[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.

Go to a top school. kid graduated T10 in 2025: the unemployment at graduation was quite low and very similar to prior years.

[Anonymous]

A know a lot of 25 grads who are doing internships, since they could not find a job. Unfortunately that trickles down to the college kids who now have less internship possibilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Purely anecdotal but my 26 grad at a SLAC and most of their friends that had decent internships after junior years have received return offers

That has ZERO bearing on this discussion. The job landscape has been decimated since your 26yo graduated.

Class of 2026 graduate

Wait till they're deferred, like many have been for 2025 graduates. I find it breathtaking you think you know what you're talking about since your kid got an internship.

I have no dog in this fight because my 2025 grad got a job after hustling after 2 impressive internships. But, I'm not TA who will say that because he has a job, everyone should not worry.

ITA. In most cases, landing a job just before/after graduation requires serious hustling.

My 2023 grad is on job #2 post college graduation. Loves her colleagues in her department and is thrilled with her work.

My 2026 grad has a finalized job (starts work in June), where he worked as an intern summer 2024, school year 2024-25, and summer 25-present. He hustled to land this internship and has shown his work ethic over these 18 months. He has completed his TS/SCI poly, too.

[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.

"The world needs ditch-diggers, too." - Ted Knight, Caddy Shack (c) 1980

[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.

Why do you think this is?

Oh for god's sake people Project 2025 told you this was coming and how much worse it is going to get.

This is not hard. Trump and his sycophants want to not pay you for any jobs. They want you food insecure and broke.

Hello Peter Theil.

And they are succeeding. IF you think your kid is getting a job in 2026 or beyond or you will have one LOL by all means keep voting red.Idiots they literally told you morons what was going to happen

Must you infect every thread with your windmills Don Quixote?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Purely anecdotal but my 26 grad at a SLAC and most of their friends that had decent internships after junior years have received return offers

That has ZERO bearing on this discussion. The job landscape has been decimated since your 26yo graduated.

Class of 2026 graduate

Wait till they're deferred, like many have been for 2025 graduates. I find it breathtaking you think you know what you're talking about since your kid got an internship.

I have no dog in this fight because my 2025 grad got a job after hustling after 2 impressive internships. But, I'm not TA who will say that because he has a job, everyone should not worry.

ITA. In most cases, landing a job just before/after graduation requires serious hustling.

My 2023 grad is on job #2 post college graduation. Loves her colleagues in her department and is thrilled with her work.

My 2026 grad has a finalized job (starts work in June), where he worked as an intern summer 2024, school year 2024-25, and summer 25-present. He hustled to land this internship and has shown his work ethic over these 18 months. He has completed his TS/SCI poly, too.

Well, thanks for admitting it, especially since you're rubbing more salt in people's wounds. I hope he's not deferred like three of DS's friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Purely anecdotal but my 26 grad at a SLAC and most of their friends that had decent internships after junior years have received return offers

That has ZERO bearing on this discussion. The job landscape has been decimated since your 26yo graduated.

Class of 2026 graduate

Wait till they're deferred, like many have been for 2025 graduates. I find it breathtaking you think you know what you're talking about since your kid got an internship.

I have no dog in this fight because my 2025 grad got a job after hustling after 2 impressive internships. But, I'm not TA who will say that because he has a job, everyone should not worry.

Breathtaking?

[Anonymous]

Goldman Sachs has just announced a reduction in internship and FTE offers for this summer. MBB has announced the same. Other banks are likely to follow. With the huge number of students aiming to land these jobs, it will have a pretty negative impact on the graduates coming out in June. I completely agree with the poster about job deferrals when it’s time to start. I think many parents on this forum are unaware of what's really happening in the industry and aren't paying close attention to how recent grads are doing in securing full-time offers. Instead of spending so much time analyzing ED stats or other college admissions data or figuring out the right scheme for a T20 admission, maybe focus on how many students from the 2025 graduating class have actually landed jobs. It's pretty bleak, especially for programs that graduate thousands of students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goldman Sachs has just announced a reduction in internship and FTE offers for this summer. MBB has announced the same. Other banks are likely to follow. With the huge number of students aiming to land these jobs, it will have a pretty negative impact on the graduates coming out in June. I completely agree with the poster about job deferrals when it’s time to start. I think many parents on this forum are unaware of what's really happening in the industry and aren't paying close attention to how recent grads are doing in securing full-time offers. Instead of spending so much time analyzing ED stats or other college admissions data or figuring out the right scheme for a T20 admission, maybe focus on how many students from the 2025 graduating class have actually landed jobs. It's pretty bleak, especially for programs that graduate thousands of students.

I’ve looked at the job placement statistics for my son’s college. It breaks it down by major, but it’s grouped as “employed or continuing education”. So it looks nice on paper, but I’m more curious about the actual percentage of employed graduates.

[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.

Go to a top school. kid graduated T10 in 2025: the unemployment at graduation was quite low and very similar to prior years.

That’s not what I’m seeing at some top schools. A lot of undergrads just continue on to a master’s degree, so they don’t even show up in the unemployment figures.

[Anonymous]

UVA told their Sophomore class that the career services team has to prioritize the Juniors who were positioned to enter internships in and around Washington DC who were impacted by the loss of internships through the firm's downsizing or federal government reductions in internships, so the Sophomore class is essentially on their own to try and land something. It's not going to be pretty for 2026 grads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goldman Sachs has just announced a reduction in internship and FTE offers for this summer. MBB has announced the same. Other banks are likely to follow. With the huge number of students aiming to land these jobs, it will have a pretty negative impact on the graduates coming out in June. I completely agree with the poster about job deferrals when it’s time to start. I think many parents on this forum are unaware of what's really happening in the industry and aren't paying close attention to how recent grads are doing in securing full-time offers. Instead of spending so much time analyzing ED stats or other college admissions data or figuring out the right scheme for a T20 admission, maybe focus on how many students from the 2025 graduating class have actually landed jobs. It's pretty bleak, especially for programs that graduate thousands of students.

I’ve looked at the job placement statistics for my son’s college. It breaks it down by major, but it’s grouped as “employed or continuing education”. So it looks nice on paper, but I’m more curious about the actual percentage of employed graduates.

Also...employed in what? Living at home and scooping ice cream at the local shop that worked at in HS so they are employed but I don't think that's what anyone was planning for after college.

[Anonymous]

Job placement data is self reporting.

[Anonymous]

Funny I don’t know a single 25 grad that is unemployed save for one who thought he would get drafted or walk on to an NFL team and now needs to figure out next steps. All the others who wanted jobs landed a job 5 months post graduation. That’s not too bad.