""Every weekend, I dedicate over two hours to job applications. As of today, I've applied to over 90 jobs. I've been ghosted by nearly 25 percent of them and rejected automatically from around 55 percent.""
""I feel helpless... how do you prepare for a tight labor market coinciding with the emergence of AI and direct US involvement in war? Most generations have dealt with maybe one of these but our generation is the first to deal with all three.""
""Whether AI is taking jobs from new graduates, it's certainly become inseparable from the job search.""
Recent college graduates are entering a labor market that is increasingly difficult, with 72 percent of respondents in a Gallup poll indicating it is a "bad time" to find quality jobs. The labor force participation rate has dropped significantly, highlighting volatility. Graduates like Gillian Frost report extensive job application efforts with minimal success, facing ghosting and automatic rejections. The emergence of AI in hiring processes complicates their job search, creating a unique set of challenges for this generation.
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