My son graduated last year with good grades and two internships. He can't get a single interview for entry level roles. Every job he applies for has hundreds of applicants. My guess is half of them are people who were laid off from senior roles including from here and are just trying to get anything. It's just very, very bleak right now.
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@OP Did you encourage your son to go into STEM in the first place?
To give some context, what is your son's major?
If they eliminate H4 hiring, then job market can breath. The spouse of H1B are also working on visa of H1B which is taking more jobs. Even if they are not qualified due to low cost all entry level jobs are given to these h4
I would suggest going through a staffing or contracting firm. If not that try to see if small/medium businesses need some tech work done. There are small businesses that are willing to hire people to do IT work and it is a good start to get a foot in the door to get hired into something bigger.
meanwhile, H1Bs are still here and Oracle and others request even more H1Bs to import
@an There's always someone like you on every comment board. Got news for ya little one -- you're no Jerry Seinfeld.
Back in the day it was not uncommon for a computer science grad to choose from 10 or more offers, those kids were able to pick out where the wanted to live, the salary that they were after, and so on. Those days are long, long gone. AI is a total job ki-ler. It's gonna be a rough ride for ALL tech grads well into the future.
Suggest to have your son start looking for other career interests, or have him pursue an advanced degree in a marketable field. The medical and healthcare field is still wide open. And as others mentioned, nothing wrong going with the trades.
the labor force in tech was flooded with cheap and or d-mb people
it is now a 'sheet' show
the previous standards were there for a reason
now the US is incurring debt to keep these cr-ppy corporations afloat
only a matter of time before this ends badly
Join ICE or the army.
OP
People have been warning about this for the past 3-4 years, didn't you hear?
Walmart or fast food worker!
Sorr - Meant "skillset", not "skillet"!
Have him learn and build a solid, employable skillet in a trade, one which cannot be replaced by AI. Tech jobs are in the toilet and there's no turning that back. AI is here to stay.
Have him learn a trade while he is trying to find a job. Why less stress and the salaries will probably be comparable pretty soon. The tech gravy train is coming to an end.
Don't forget to tell your son that tech salaries are plummeting due to the glut of unemployed tech workers. Tech skills no longer have value. Now would be the perfect time, before entering the workforce, for him to go to grad school and extend his skillset beyond tech.
We just witnessed the massive growth of the tech industry. We were short skilled people for a long time. The US opened up VISA programs to bring in skilled workers from other countries and lobbied Universities to expand computer science and engineering programs, and encouraged young people to pursue those degrees. We may have just witnessed a top in the demand for US workers though. We may now have a surplus in production of US computer science and engineering graduates. AI may have effectively halved the demand for junior talent. At least that is the expectation and hope among tech leaders who naturally want to do more with less and be more profitable. A computer science or engineering degree may not be the slam dunk that it has been for the past 10 or 20 years. And if time proves that we have hit a point where we are no longer growing the tech workforce signficantly, expect wage growth to relax. It won't be the gold mine it once was. Only time will tell the impact AI will truly have; it is an open question right now.
Let your son know he is not alone. Let him know it is not anything wrong he is doing. He is not the only one struggling to find entry level jobs. It is just bloody bad timing and environment for entry level. Maybe he can continue upskilling so he is not sitting idle (devil's workshop) and/or trying his hand at entrepreneurship.