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In March 2025, the unemployment rate for recent graduates reached 5.8%, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of the New York.
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Official degrees no longer reduce it for some industries. Instead, many companies prefer skills and work based on experience, Sarah Skelton, co -founder and head director and kits of Flourish, CNBC do this.
The 2025 class enters into a complex and competitive job market. Following data From the Federal Reserve Bank of the New York.
Meanwhile, the share of new graduates who are “Without employed“Or workplaces that do not require their degrees, increased to 41.2% in March, which is 40.6% a year earlier. Employers become more careful against the background of global uncertainty, which is fueled again, someday by the tariff policy, hiring freezing and spreading artificial intelligence.
In this environment where it is difficult to get a foot at the door, one mistake made by some recent graduates suggests that their degree will automatically receive their work.
“I feel that sometimes there is a certain idea that” I was at the university, I got this degree, I’m going to come at this level, “said Skelton, who said she had placed more than 1000 graduates throughout her career.
“While someone else who may have left school was (employed), ready and can demonstrate skills and a little more hungry – some businesses prefer it,” she said.
She added that it certainly depends on the industry. Although degrees can be smaller if you work for business or sales role, it will be more important for other industries as medicine.
“You need experience to gain experience”
New graduates who enter the job market usually face the “Catch-22” situation when “you need experience to gain experience”.
To overcome these problems, Skelon suggested showing creativity, doing the following:
- Maximum enlargement LinkedIn: Enroll the social media platform at the beginning of your career and adapt your profile to the assignments you apply.
- Find extracurricular activities: join sports teams or voluntarily for local charities.
- Be creative in gaining experience: go through internships or ask for the shadow roles that interest you.
- Build connections: attend network events, find teachers and ask for referrals.
- Create your own experience: work on side projects or business ideas in your free time.
- Build industry knowledge: plunge into industry podcasts, books and more.
“I think you have to look at the big picture and you have to become a little more creative with the applications to stand out,” Skelton said. “Basically, be active and show that you are passionate about.” Enterprises want to know that candidates want to work for them, not just that they “despair to get a job”.
She said she could refer directly to the LinkedIn executives can show hunger and agency that could help the candidate stand out. Offering unpaid work, it can also be a way to get your foot.
“(You can) get up to the business actively and say,” Can I come and do some unpaid (work)? I know it’s not glamorous. I know it can feel … By humiliating, but in principle, you should be different from the rest, “she said.
“Close” in an interview
As a man who introduced a lot of sellers as a role, Skelton suggested using this “closing technique” as a disassembly statement at the end of the interview:
“Listen, I’m really excited about this opportunity. I really love the opportunity to work with you … Before you conclude, I could just ask,” What are your thoughts about me in an interview? Is there anything you could improve or (or have you) any reservations? “
Saying that at the end of the interview gives the candidate the opportunity to appeal to any of the potential interviewer reservations.
“(B) sales, it is known as the closing technique,” Skeltton said.
After the interview, the candidates should always remember to follow the email, thanks to the respondents over time, she said.
Although formal degrees are still relevant, candidates should not rely on them to get a job. Many businesses are pricted by the experience, skills and characteristics that seek work such as drive, performance, work ethics, cereals, potential and more, Skeltton said.
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