Going to college and graduating from the end was once a ticket for the success of the effects now have graduates against it “Ghost jobs”, “ AI agent and a violent Labor market. Job seekers send applications in droves to land an appearance and even have people with several degrees a difficult time.
Jobs sent an average of 45 applications per month in May 2025 in May 2025 Assets From the employment platform SimplifyPresent This pursued its millions of users and 150 million applications last year. That is more than twice the average of 22 last year – an increase that shows how desperate the labor market has become.
But the situation was even worse for specialists with several degrees beyond expectations Follow the American dream. The students of the Master student sent an average of 32 to 60 applications per month, while Bachelor students were usually applied to around 15 to 38 open roles.
Even those who studied college majors who once guaranteed six-digit salaries have to work harder to end up. The graduates of computer science send an average of 22 to 51 applications per month compared to non-computer science majors that apply for 21 to 41 gigs.
The violent job market Competition for High lucrative roles Like computer science, there should be no surprise. The employment of the computer programmer has decreased its lowest level Since 1980 – before the Internet even existed – as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that AI can now even do the coding work of engineers at the middle level. Instead of competing with each other, they now compete for rolling while the AI takes over the work of Entry jobs.
You could apply for ghost jobs
As well as an extremely competitive Labor market at work-Da Ki continues for more entry roles. The HirtManager does not make it easier with job hunters: A common thread is candidates for whom over apply 1,000 rolesjust too Receive radio silence.
About 81% of the recruiters say that according to a 2024 “ghost jobs”, which either do not exist or are already occupied, are already filled Report by Myperfectresum. The general HR argumentation for the publication of these fake offers include: maintaining a presence in job exchanges if you do not stop, evaluate the effectiveness of your job descriptions and build a talent pool for the future. But job hunters are fed up with being left in the dark.
“We often hear job seekers say:” I am tired, I am depressed, I’m desperate “, use these very tough words in relation told Assets. “This is one of the reasons why they lose trust in organizations and companies.”
The majority of applicants say that employers are flat she ghostsAccording to a greenhouse report 2024. And on the other hand, they are also “bombarded” during the process. Over half of the candidates say that interviewers showered them with excessive praise and flattering during the hiring of rounds, only to have offered a low content and an incredible job title.
Now gen Z says that their degrees are a “waste of money”
Fresh -faced graduates are be frozen the workforce; About 58% of students who graduated last year newer report from kickresum. The labor market and the setting situation have become so bad that more than a third of all graduates are now Say your degree was a “waste of money” according to a 2025 Poll from Indeed.
Gen z graduates are so massively unemployed, although they only make up 5% of the workforce that they even increase the US unemployment rate -and one “Oversized” effects About America’s unemployment rate.
Now the youngest generation of employees is particularly oppressed by their prospects. 51% express remorse to obtain their certificates compared to 41% of the millennials and 20% of baby boomers.
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