US college graduates enter a ‘freezing’ labour market

Graduates are taking a closer look at smaller companies in a 'competitive' and 'scary' job market

Graduates are facing a difficult job market this year.kali9/Getty ImagesMore graduates are applying for jobs at companies with fewer than 250 employees, a careers platform said.Job postings on Handshake have decreased by 15% in the past year.The number of job applications from graduates per vacancy has jumped by 30% year-on-year.The class of 2025 is taking a closer look at smaller companies.According to California-based career platform Handshake…

New graduates enter job market amid economic uncertainty

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- As graduation season wraps up, many new college graduates are facing an uncertain job market shaped by economic shifts. With changing tariffs and economists split on the likelihood of an economic downturn, recent grads are finding that landing a job isn’t as straightforward as they once expected. “I felt like I was promised this job market where, you know, you do work and you apply between 5 and 80 jobs and you should fin…

US college graduates enter a ‘freezing’ labour market

The monthly hiring rate in the first quarter of the year was at its slowest in more than a decade

How graduates are finding an edge in a tightening employment market

New data shows hiring is slowing down, but those who take their destinies into their own hands still have a bright future.

New Graduates Face Tightening Job Market as Trump Tariff Policies Cloud Outlook - Columbia News Service

There has been a decrease in job openings that require college degrees, hinting towards a white-collar recession. (Credit: Claire Leibowitz)   As college commencement season heads into full swing, the class of 2025 is about to enter the most difficult job market for recent graduates in more than a generation.    The unemployment rate for four-year degree recipients between the ages of 22 and 27 stood at 5.8% in April compared to 4.2% for the ove…

How Can A Recent College Graduate Survived the Dismal 2025 Job Market?

FLEETWOOD, Pa. — “I have a job now, which isn’t my field, and I love working there, but can’t help but wonder if my life will go anywhere.” Sound familiar? Last spring, Gabe Vilches graduated with an English degree from Mount St. Mary’s University. The one thing she wants more than anything is to write professionally. But it wasn’t until after graduation that it really struck her — the job market is one big complex puzzle. Solving that puzzle is…