Adzuna , a search engine for job-seekers, analyzed over 6. The data also includes positions for individuals without a formal degree. Adzuna found over 63, job openings available for new graduates in the U. For post-grads, the labor market appears to be more competitive and more lucrative, with only 6, jobs available. During the pandemic, some sectors like logistics and warehousing; manufacturing; trade and construction; IT and sales, boomed.
And according to new insight from Adzuna, these industries have more openings for new grads, with health care topping the list in terms of entry-level positions. Adzuna found more than 19, vacancies in each of these industries. Meanwhile, employers are consciously or unconsciously biased against people with the characteristics of first-generation graduates, according to an experiment that sent applications from fictitious law school graduates to prestigious law firms.
Gabriel Miranda also was the first in his family to go to college. That left him no time for internships or extracurricular activities. You have to do your branding. Related: The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college. First-generation college students have no idea what happens after college.
Miranda ended up in a job as an operations manager at an Amazon fulfillment center, starting on a career path he said he hopes will eventually lead him into sales. Even such small things as a handshake can trip up some college graduates, said Waintraub Stafford.
A very small number of colleges and universities are recognizing the unique problems first-generation students face in finding their first jobs after graduation and are adding programs to help them. The University of California, Berkeley, now offers career counseling specifically for first-generation and low-income students, including resume reviews, help with LinkedIn profiles and a semester-long jobs course. The University of Toledo hosts a networking series to help such students connect with employers and alumni and an internship preparation program to teach them resume writing, networking and other skills.
Among other things, the program teaches salary negotiation skills. A few nonprofits, such as Braven — which brings its career courses to universities and community colleges that have large proportions of first-generation and low-income students — are also teaming up with colleges to offer this kind of support.
Related: Facing a white-collar worker shortage, American companies seek a blue-collar solution. Braven matches students with coaches who work for participating companies.
Although it covers everything from what to wear to an interview to when to send a thank-you note, the Braven approach is largely about building confidence, she said.
You have earned the right to compete. Now a handful of employers are also recognizing the singular challenges faced by first-generation graduates. Capital One, for instance, launched its First-Gen Focus program for freshmen through juniors at participating colleges and universities, connecting them with mentors including athletes and influencers and teaching them job search skills.
Some are invited to interview for internships. They are born to succeed because they have overcome so much to get to where they are. Since first-generation students are also disproportionately women, Black or Hispanic, she said, she expects other companies to add similar programs as they try to land more of them.
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We tell the whole story, even when the details are inconvenient. Help us keep doing that. Join us today. Recent college grads often have higher unemployment rates than more seasoned workers. In February of last year — the month before the pandemic slammed the economy — the jobless rate for all grads stood at 2. But the jobless rate for recent graduates, or those between 22 to 27 years old, stood at 3. As of December the most recent data available , the jobless rate for recent grads was 7. Despite such obstacles, the job market has improved for recent college graduates, said Christine Cruzvergara, chief education strategy officer at job-site Handshake.
You have to make sure you are prepared, and you have to do your research. The prospect of entering the job market this year was a source of anxiety for Marie Robert, a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, who majored in psychology.
Her college works with Handshake to link students with prospective employers, which was how she found an entry-level job at GE Healthcare. I felt the pressure on the applications. Although she scored a job, the pandemic is also having an impact on her new role.
She won't start her training program at GE until the end of , after the pandemic-delayed start for hires at the company. Since she'll have a gap between her graduation this month and starting her new job, Robert plans to return to her home state of New Hampshire to work this summer and fall at a local restaurant and brewery. Other recent college graduates are cobbling jobs together to make ends meet, such as Ashley Tippit, 24, of Birmingham, Alabama, who recently graduated with a master's in English with the goal of working in publishing or as a college professor.
She's lined up a series of jobs, such as teaching as an adjunct professor and working this summer for Americorp, but she is worried about the low pay. She's considered moving to New York or other regions where there are more jobs in publishing, but the cost of living in those locations may make such a move prohibitive.
Her plan is to work for a year, then apply to graduate school. Finding a job takes persistence — and a thick skin, said Jamie Rieger, a graduate of Barnard College in New York who is set to start her job with health care software company Veeva in July. A neuroscience and behavior major, Rieger said she began looking for a job over winter break.
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