{"id":212427,"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-2\/"},"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-2","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-2\/","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>Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the job market, particularly affecting entry-level workers.<\/li>\n<li>There is a significant reduction in entry-level job postings and hiring, which has been down 50% since 2019, partly driven by AI.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 43% of recent college graduates are under-employed, working in positions that do not require their degree.<\/li>\n<li>AI has caused considerable anxiety and uncertainty among students regarding future employability and career choices.<\/li>\n<li>There is a growing demand for AI literate candidates, emphasizing the importance of human skills like creativity and critical thinking.<\/li>\n<li>Employers are actively seeking AI-skilled talent, indicating a potential shift in the job market dynamics.<\/li>\n<li>There are signs that the hiring outlook is improving, with employers planning to increase new graduate hires and entry-level worker staffing.<\/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":212428,"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":[20],"class_list":["post-212427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212427"}],"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=212427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212430,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212427\/revisions\/212430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}