AI is changing how hiring happens for new graduates

The unemployment rate for young workers is about twice the national average. If you watched David Pogue's segment on CBS Sunday Morning, you saw the human cost. Recent grads from Philadelphia to Anchorage, hundreds of applications each, almost no responses.

One grad said she'd been "expecting things to just fall into place." and they weren't. She's not wrong. And she's not alone.

Here's what the segment highlighted that I've been writing about all year: AI isn't just changing what jobs exist. It's changing how hiring happens. Candidates apply at scale with bots. Employers screen at scale with bots. Two machines talking past each other, and a real human graduate in the middle, wondering why no one calls back.

The way out isn't a better bot. It's the basics — real networks, targeted applications, skills you can actually demonstrate. And on the employer side: take down the postings you aren't filling and answer the people who applied.

Watch the segment here. Then, let's talk about what we do next.