New college grads are more likely to be unemployed in today's job market

&gt; &quot;double-majored in political science and communications&quot;<p>Fields where ChatGPT can now do the entry-level jobs.

White collar recession is rampant. You can hire great people 2&#x2F;3 the price as 12 months ago. Not everyone will bite. But just put the job out there and you can get very experienced, high-tier talent for significantly cheaper as many of them can no longer hold out as their savings deplete and the mortgage is still due.<p>Entry hires will take anything, but their debt load is huge and rent is high. Tough times

I think it comes down to &quot;college graduate&quot; is not training for a job. New graduates still need to learn whatever job they take. Companies are now less likely to spend the time and money it takes to train a new college graduate versus someone with experience. There are few college majors that will train you enough to get a job right out of college. The only one I can think of is accounting. Even there they won&#x27;t set you loose on your own.

I think any college degree is what you make of it. I majored in history, and now I have a career in sales with a good company and a job I enjoy. Unless you&#x27;re majoring in the hard sciences IMO it&#x27;s not about the degree, it&#x27;s about the person.

Disheartening that this received both little attention and mostly callous replies.

It&#x27;s a tough life and nobody owes you a job. It was no different when I graduated during a recession so nothing special or new here.

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