{"id":71492,"date":"2026-04-12T07:54:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/i-feel-helpless-college-graduates-cant-find-entry-level-roles-in-shrinking-market-amid-rise-of-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:54:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:54:50","slug":"i-feel-helpless-college-graduates-cant-find-entry-level-roles-in-shrinking-market-amid-rise-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/i-feel-helpless-college-graduates-cant-find-entry-level-roles-in-shrinking-market-amid-rise-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I feel helpless\u2019: college graduates can\u2019t find entry-level roles in shrinking market amid rise of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Young American graduates expressed frustration over fewer job openings and longer searches<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/colleges\">college<\/a> graduates are facing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkfed.org\/research\/college-labor-market#--:overview\">worst entry-level job market<\/a> since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">pandemic<\/a>, with the underemployment rate reaching 42.5% \u2013 its highest level since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Several young graduates told the Guardian about their struggles navigating a job market shaped by tightening opportunities, the rise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/artificialintelligenceai\">AI<\/a> and shifting employer expectations.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/12\/college-graduates-job-market-ai\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young American graduates expressed frustration over fewer job openings and longer searches Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox American college graduates are facing the worst entry-level job market since the pandemic, with the underemployment rate reaching 42.5% \u2013 its highest level since 2020. Several young graduates &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018I feel helpless\u2019: college graduates can\u2019t find entry-level roles in shrinking market amid rise of AI\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/i-feel-helpless-college-graduates-cant-find-entry-level-roles-in-shrinking-market-amid-rise-of-ai\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018I feel helpless\u2019: college graduates can\u2019t find entry-level roles in shrinking market amid rise of AI\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}