UK graduates share their job-hunting woes amid the AI fallout

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jul/13/student-debt-graduates-share-job-hunting-woes-ai-fallout

by mykowebhn • 1 year ago

6 2 1 year ago

> “Being able to write well and think coherently were basic requirements in most graduate jobs 10, 15 years ago,” said a senior recruitment professional at a large consultancy firm from London, speaking anonymously. “Now, they are emerging as basically elite skills. Almost nobody can do it. We see all the time that people with top degrees cannot summarise the contents of a document, cannot problem solve.

My personal opinion is that this is a result of universities grading students based on their ability to provide the right answers at the expense of being able to create.

ternaus• 1 year ago

If standard approach does not work => time to learn how to work hard:

[1] For every position you look for people at LinkedIn in that company. If you are already connected ask for referral.

[2] If not, look for common connections that can introduce you.

[3] If there is none => send request for adding everyone from the company to the friends.

[4] Message everyone, inviting for a coffee or virtual chat to learn about the company.

[5] If you believe that you are a good fit => say this.

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And you spend first 4 hours of every day messaging, messaging, messaging. The response rate will be low. But you need only one job.

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And if you do it for 6 months every day, there is no way you will not get many interviews.

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Every interview you fail => you extensively study to address limitations of your skillset.

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Basically, there is no: "I have a degree, hence I deserve a job", but there is: "hard work is the goal".

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P.S. Somehow blog post reminds me why online dating is not working that well for men. Competition is enormous, the number of ladies is limited and things like: "I am an average man, hence I deserve attention from ladies" does not work as well

UK graduates share their job-hunting woes amid the AI fallout

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