HR Dive

New grads have to compete with AI for entry-level roles, hiring managers say

Nearly half of organizations now ask a senior worker plus AI to do the work of several entry-level grads, per a new report.

Advice for job seekers in the AI era: 'Unity Employee Day' held on the 22nd

Unity hosted 'Unity Employee Day' today (the 22nd) at the Korea Science and Technology Center. The event was designed to ...

It's 'incredibly disrespectful' to do a virtual job interview by phone - but Gen Z is doing it anyway

In 2020, Jason Rogers interviewed for his first job out of college. It was a position as a content writer that would be completely remote. The interview would also be conducted remotely, and he ...

I was told a computer science degree would guarantee a job. Four years later, I'm pivoting.

Mackenzie McAllister, a 22-year-old computer science grad, said she used AI as a crutch during school. Now she's considering ...

All entry-level jobs require 3-5 years of experience. How am I supposed to get that if no one will hire me?

I just read this story about college students and graduates lacking work experience and the fact that employers are requiring three to five years of experience for entry-level jobs. So how in the ...
The Economist

The secret to good questions

But questions are crucial in every organisation. They sharpen thinking and extract information when things go wrong. They are central to forging relationships: according to research by Karen Huang of ...
CNBC

U.S. job creation cools in June with payrolls growth of just 57,000; unemployment rate at 4.2%

Nonfarm payrolls for June increased by 57,000 in June, slower than the downwardly revised 129,000 added in May and worse than the 115,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate, however, ...
TechCrunch

AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient

Whether AI is already replacing jobs is the subject of fierce debate. Tech layoffs hit their highest single month total in years in May, and AI was the most-cited reason, according to outplacement ...

I tried every trick to stand out in my job search. A tip I found on Reddit was the only strategy that got me an offer.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Courtney Clapper, a 32-year-old strategy lead for a major retailer in New York. It's been edited for length and clarity. I started my job hunt in ...