re: Recent college graduates unemployment has surpassed total unemployment for the first time

Went to you previous thread to upvote ha!

I keep telling people many jobs are going to be lost to automation and AI. It’s been happening for decades with automation and is being kicked into high gear now with AI.

I’m sure AI has a little to do with it, but we shouldn’t ignore the fact that there are a ton of people going to college nowadays who really shouldn’t be.

In 2000, 25% of adults had a college degree. We’re now closing in on 40%. Degrees mean less and cost multiples more.

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What do you happens to blue collar wages once unemployed people start going into trades?

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The reason people go to college is cause there too soft to work a trade

too many people not enough jobs, women should stay at home and be housewives, that would open up a lot more work

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too many people not enough jobs, women should stay at home and be housewives, that would open up a lot more work

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It’s too many illegals
Too many visa workers
Too many companies being shipped over seas


Americans jobs used to be for Americans now it’s for the globe. We no longer want to develop and grow our own work force we just want desperate people with no other options.

It’ll be interesting to see what the work force looks like in 10 years. The current 30 year olds are all on their 5th-6th job, have gained no real experience, all so they can sit home in their pajamas everyday.

I’d hire a recent grad before any of those losers.

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Poverty is a strong motivator. I get it though, everyone likes to think “they’re different”

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While true, you assume a career politician is going to sit and watch millions fall into poverty on his election term. They'll patch together some "bipartisan" welfare package, call it, "The HOPE Act," and print another 2 ½ trillion dollars to "fund" it and we'll kick the can down the road for another 1½ election cycles until they can pass the buck on to the next party in power. The NPC drones will download the propaganda and demand more, rinse and repeat. Federal money is a drug to both the dealer and the user. (Political affiliation aside, just look at DOGE: a messenger came and told the public how much tax money was being laundered, and millions of people got pissed off at the messenger.)

Even if they didn't do that (even though they 100% would), it's some white collar, know-nothing, Ryobi power tool owning bullshite if you think millions are going to jump into the trades overnight, let alone be knowledgeable, let alone be proficient. The switch would take a decade + before we saw measurable results, and that's coming from someone with an engineering degree and not in "the trades."

We should let millions get a taste of eating rice and beans to turn the tide, but to think a bunch of narcissistic power hungry career politicians in our bloated corpse of a government will let a crisis go to waste is delusion manifest.

One factor in this aside from AI is that a lot of college grads pursue jobs in interest rate sensitive industries (banking, real estate, tech, etc.), so even ignoring the gender studies folks, key industries for hiring and training new white collar workers have been more restrained in their hiring for 2-3 years.

Recent Census Bureau findings indicate that 23.5% of the U.S. population holds a bachelor's degree as their highest level of education, marking a significant …


The site you linked is a known garbage site, and any data there is likely incorrect.

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It’ll be interesting to see what the work force looks like in 10 years. The current 30 year olds are all on their 5th-6th job, have gained no real experience, all so they can sit home in their pajamas everyday. I’d hire a recent grad before any of those losers.

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This is hilarious and sad which is relatable to me.


It’s exactly the position in. College graduate had multiple jobs in different industries. Most just useless admin and management stuff. Now I’m working from home not much growth and Covid really hurt our job growth and many people got stuck.


I decided not to fall into that trap and am becoming an engineer tech to get an actual skill. I’m warning my peers and a few took my advice and joined me.