COMPANIES PREDICT 2026 WILL BE THE WORST COLLEGE GRAD JOB MARKET IN FIVE YEARS

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Next Spring's graduate-hiring market is likely going to be even worse than this year's. This is the most pessimistic outlook since the first year of the pandemic. Companies say that an uncertain economic outlook has pushed them to hire more conservatively, and many are giving priority to prospects with experience rather than fresh graduates. People with experience are currently willing to take entry-level positions because they can't find anything else, pushing out those with less training.