Career advice, platform updates, and commentary on the American job market.
Unemployment among recent college graduates has climbed to roughly 5.7%, well above the national rate of 4.3%, as entry-level hiring dries up and young Americans grow visibly more pessimistic about the job market.
As big tech layoffs eliminated roughly 80,000 jobs in 2025, new data shows recent computer science and engineering graduates facing unemployment and underemployment rates well above the national average — right as H-1B approvals sit near record highs.