{"id":212426,"date":"2026-05-12T04:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/companies-plan-to-raise-new-grad-hiring-as-students-pivot-toward-ai-skills\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:35:09","slug":"companies-plan-to-raise-new-grad-hiring-as-students-pivot-toward-ai-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/companies-plan-to-raise-new-grad-hiring-as-students-pivot-toward-ai-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies plan to raise new-grad hiring as students pivot toward AI skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/companies-raise-new-grad-hiring-this-spring-students-pivot-toward-ai-skills-artificial-intelligence-job-market-entry-level-jobs-college-graduates-underemployment-employer-demand\">Companies plan to raise new-grad hiring as students pivot toward AI skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/companies-raise-new-grad-hiring-this-spring-students-pivot-toward-ai-skills-artificial-intelligence-job-market-entry-level-jobs-college-graduates-underemployment-employer-demand\">https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/companies-raise-new-grad-hiring-this-spring-students-pivot-toward-ai-skills-artificial-intelligence-job-market-entry-level-jobs-college-graduates-underemployment-employer-demand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-12 04:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"wjla.com\">wjla.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Entry-level job market is struggling, with U.S. hiring at a 5-year low due to AI advancements and a preference for experienced professionals.<\/li>\n<li>New college graduates face high competition, high unemployment rates, and many are under-employed, working in positions that don&#8217;t leverage their degrees.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly half of college students have considered changing their major due to concerns about AI&#8217;s impact on future job opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>AI-related skills and literacy are increasingly valued by employers, who seek graduates proficient in human-centric skills like critical thinking and ethical reasoning.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the current challenges, there are signs of a potential turnaround in the job market with employers planning to increase new-graduate hires by 5.6% this spring, and a 6% increase over last year.<\/li>\n<li>A significant portion of employers are planning to hire more entry-level workers compared to the previous year, suggesting a gradual improvement in hiring trends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companies plan to raise new-grad hiring as students pivot toward AI skills https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/companies-raise-new-grad-hiring-this-spring-students-pivot-toward-ai-skills-artificial-intelligence-job-market-entry-level-jobs-college-graduates-underemployment-employer-demand Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wjla.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/5141\/1320\/0x267\/90\/fa75299d-ffba-4f57-b20a-8b094ab37d92-1225012151.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212431,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212426\/revisions\/212431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}