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☆ Employers want students with generative AI skills for work, but students just want to use it for fun
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Employers are prioritizing entry-level workers with generative AI skills. Job descriptions mentioning generative AI have tripled on Handshake's portal over the past year. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Employers are prioritizing entry-level workers with generative AI skills amid rapid advances in the technology. On the student job and internship portal Handshake, the number of job descriptions that mention generative AI tools has more than tripled over the past year.

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☆ The 'promised land' of stable, high-paying jobs for recent grads is falling apart
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Austin Wang, a class-of-2025 computer-science major at Yale University, said students were "scared that engineering roles will be replaced in the future." Handshake found that fewer prospective business graduates were applying to consulting roles and that more were seeking positions in customer relations, marketing, and analytics compared with last year. Handshake's analysis suggested tech job postings geared toward fresh graduates fell by 30% compared with last year. Advertisement"It's quite bad for entry-level jobs in general but even worse for international students," she said.

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☆ More than half of new grads are worried about basic living costs—how they're changing their job searches to cope
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The data, gathered from the college and new grad career site Handshake, shows a similar share of seniors say the current economic news makes them feel pessimistic. 1 priority in looking for a job is to find one that will offer stability, and they're changing some of their career preferences to find it. Elsewhere, students from the class of 2024 were more likely to apply to jobs in construction, agriculture and education, according to Handshake data. Working more than a 9-to-5Rising seniors are preparing to work more than a 9-to-5 in order to make ends meet. Many are also hopeful that side-hustle income can supercharge their savings so they don't have to work a corporate job forever.

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☆ Government jobs are hot right now for 2 key reasons
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementBrandon Tamayo considered leaving his current job for a role in the private sector on his way to work one morning. "My friends in the private sector told me 'You could double your pay.'" AdvertisementHe could likely make six figures in the private sector — and he remains intrigued by the option. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median years of tenure for public sector jobs in 2022 was 6.8 years, about 2.7 years higher than private sector jobs. For Tamayo, this is the largest reason he stays in the public sector.

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☆ Government jobs are hot right now. You don't make as much, but people like the stability and benefits.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewBrandon Tamayo considered leaving his current job for a role in the private sector on his way to work one morning. "My friends in the private sector told me 'You could double your pay.'" AdvertisementHe could likely make six figures in the private sector — and he remains intrigued by the option. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median years of tenure for public sector jobs in 2022 was 6.8 years, about 2.7 years higher than private sector jobs. For Tamayo, this is the largest reason he stays in the public sector.

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☆ More tech grads are applying to jobs in Boise, Madison, and other small cities
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Young workers are applying to cities outside traditional tech hubs, according to a new report. AdvertisementForget Silicon Valley, Austin, or even Miami — young workers are hunting for tech jobs in smaller cities across the country. Handshake determined which US cities saw the biggest increase in job applications between 2021 and 2023, based on the number of full-time job applications submitted on its platform. Tech workers of all ages are gravitating to mid-size cities in search of lower cost of living and a more laid-back lifestyle. Handshake found these 10 cities had the biggest year-over-year increase in job applications on its site:

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☆ Just 1 in 4 college seniors plan to negotiate their first salary—It ‘should always be on the table,' says career expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The class of 2024 longs for both job and financial security — and those priorities may be at odds when they negotiate the pay for their first jobs out of college. Some 3 in 4 college seniors graduating next year say they're unsure whether they plan to negotiate their starting pay, that it will depend on the offer, or they're outright not planning to have the discussion, according to Handshake's latest survey of 1,148 students in the class of 2024. Students say their main reason for not negotiating is they're worried an employer may rescind their offer if they do, followed by concerns that doing so will leave a bad impression. The remaining 1 in 4 students say they "definitely" plan to negotiate. But the fear of negotiating is "at odds" with many students' need for financial security, Williams adds.

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☆ 70% of college seniors with student debt say looming repayments will impact their career plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Many of today's college undergrads have gone through school knowing student loan payments were on pause indefinitely and the prospect of widespread cancelation was closer to becoming reality than ever. Just over half of next year's college graduates expect to carry student loan debt, and within that group, almost 70% say their debt will influence the jobs they consider after graduation, according to Handshake's latest report that surveyed 1,148 students in the class of 2024. A remaining 17% of students said their college debt would not impact their career choices after school, and 14% said they are neutral on the matter. As a result, many students say finding a job with a high salary and with a company that offers attractive benefits, like student loan repayment benefits, are all "top of mind," Williams tells CNBC Make It. Young workers with debt also want flexibility in where and when they work, though many say it goes beyond the matter of preference.

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☆ Gen Z is less interested in working at Big Tech companies right out of college, their job searches show
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Upcoming college graduates aren't as interested in Big Tech jobs, a Handshake survey found. Searches for big tech brands dropped nearly 15% compared to the previous year's class, per the survey. Upcoming college graduates are less interested in jobs in Big Tech, a recent Handshake survey found. The career site found searches from the class of 2023 for Big Tech brands dropped nearly 15% compared to the previous year's class. Nearly 3 out of 4 graduates said they want to develop new tech skills within the next few years.

☆ The top 10 buzziest companies Gen Z wants to work for—none of them are in Big Tech, says new report
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The graduating class of 2023's desire for stability in an uncertain economy is dictating where they want to work most after college. It's hard to escape unrelenting news of tech layoffs in recent months, including major staff cuts from Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and many others. "They're gravitating toward companies that offer solid benefits, career pathing and a level of stability they've been looking for." Most young professionals plan to pick up new tech skills for their careersThough search interest for major tech companies dropped, Cruzvergara says today's grads are more likely than their predecessors to be interested in jobs that require tech skills. New college grads feel confident they have the skills they need to get the job they want but also plan to develop new tech skills on the job or after hours.

☆ Gen Z women expect to make $6,200 less than men after graduating—salary transparency could help
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Their latest Gen Z salary transparency report found that, after surveying 1,853 Gen Z jobseekers, women expect a $6,200 lower average salary compared to men. "I was surprised that women are still asking for less money and have lower salary expectations," Workman tells CNBC Make It. Though women have historically been paid less than men, the gap has narrowed significantly since 1960. What's more, for every dollar paid to white dads, Black, Native American, and Latina moms earn 52 cents, 49 cents, and 47 cents, respectively. Several states, cities, and counties across the country have already passed legislation making salary transparency a requirement, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, Rhode Island, Washington and New York City.

☆ The tech meltdown comes for Gen Z
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The tech industry was teetering, and she wondered whether the future she had banked on would survive. On Handshake, a leading jobs board for college students, entry-level software positions in the tech industry slumped 14% last year. "I'm finding that students are pivoting to organizations that have IT functions but are not in the tech industry," says Laura Garcia, director of career education at Georgia Tech. Given the seismic downturn in tech, some students are rethinking their dreams of working for the Amazons and Googles and Metas of the world. Suddenly, in the eyes of Gen Z, tech seems to be just as ruthless and unreliable of an employer as banking did to millennials who came of age in the Great Recession.

☆ How Gen Z is rewriting dating, marriage and family plans for their 20s: 'I have so much stuff I have to worry about'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It's an interesting trend for today's Gen Z students who are short-term anxious but long-term confident about their work and lives, says Christine Cruzvergara, chief education strategy officer at Handshake, the job-search platform for college students. Pragmatic goals around career, self-discovery and funSome Gen Zers are trading traditional life milestone goals for ones they have more control over. Speaking as a recent grad, Jade Walters agrees that taking control of her career means de-prioritizing other life goals. The 23-year-old is a Howard University grad who in her final months of school launched the Ninth Semester, an early-career resource for Gen Z professionals. Jade Walters, 23, works a corporate job in Chicago and runs the Ninth Semester, an early-career resource for Gen Z professionals.

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