New grads say employers set the bar too high for entry-level roles: 'No job is willing to give you that first experience'
Why now
Thesis: Entry-level hiring friction, anecdotal not statistical
Catalyst to watch: Official youth unemployment or payrolls data
Main risk: Anecdotal survey, not representative data
Why it matters
Graduate hiring complaints reflect labor-market friction but contain no hard data or policy signal.
Details
77% of new grads believe businesses call for too much experience when hiring for entry-level jobs, shutting them out of an increasingly competitive market.
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- cnbc · 2026-09-28 14:26 UTC