1 and 1 The current crisis is as economical as directed by AI
A changing graduate market is not unusual, said Kirsten Barnes, head of the digital platform at Bright Network, which links graduates and young professionals to employers.
“Any change on the labor market of graduates this year – which generally fluctuates from 10 to 15% – seems to be motivated by a combination of factors, including wider economic conditions and the usual fluctuations of commercial demand, rather than a direct impact of AI.
Claire Tyler, responsible for information from the Institute for Student Employers (ISE), who represents the main graduate employers, said that among companies recruiting fewer graduates “than none of them said that it was at AI”.
Some recruitment specialists have cited the recent increase in national employer insurance contributions as a factor in slowing down entry -level recruitment.
Ed Steer, director general of Sphere Digital Recruitment, who hires for junior marketing and sales roles in technology and the media, said that graduates have gone from 400 per year in 2021 to 75 expected this year. He put the fall in companies who wish to hire more experienced candidates who can “deliver their customers on the first day”.
2 But AI is definitely a factor
However, Auria Heanley, co-founder of Oriel Partners, who is recruiting for personal assistant positions, experienced a 30% drop in entry-level roles this year. She said that she had “undoubtedly” that “AI combined with broader economic uncertainty, makes much more difficult for graduates to find these roles”.
Felix Mitchell, Co-chef leader at times impact, which recruits medium-sized companies, said STEM jobs [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] were the most disrupted. “I think the evidence suggests that AI will probably be a creator of net employment, but losses occur faster than gains.”
3 and 3 The revolution will only accelerate
Large technological companies such as Microsoft deceive the impact of AI agents – systems that carry out human level cognitive tasks in an autonomous manner – as tools that can be competent assistants in the workplace, with early adopters, including the McKinsey council and the clifford luck law firm. Dario Amodei, AI boss, the developer Anthropic, warned that technology could eliminate half of all entry -level office jobs over the next five years.
James Reed, director general of the Reed Employment Agency, said the AI would now transform the entire job market: “It’s the year of AI … Many companies really double, investing in IT.
“It looks like the year when AI really changes and is integrated – for better or for worse.”
Sophie O’Brien, Director General of Pollen Careers, who is aimed at early career and entry -level roles, said that AI had “accelerated” a drop in the recruitment of graduates that has been going on for a few years now: “The labor market could have been very different for a year.”
She added: “For many professional jobs based on the desktop where you process information on a laptop, it is quite obvious that many of these jobs in the coming years will be redundant. There is a workforce that will occur and I do not know if we are ready for that.”
4 Learn the skills in AI now
David Bell, at Odgers Executive Research Cabinet, said that law firms demanded the skills of AI graduates. “As part of the interview process for the contribution of graduates, they question them about their understanding and use of AI,” he said. “Anyone who has not used Chatgpt or the equivalent will find it difficult to be taken on board.”
James Milligan, World Manager of STEMs with Multinational Hays recruitment, accepted. “If they do not have this second competence on how to use AI, they will certainly be disadvantaged,” he said. “The jobs do not die, they evolve and change. I think we are in a process of evolving change at the moment. ”
Chris Morrow, Director General of Digitalent, an agency specializing in the recruitment of Roles related to AI, said that rather than the technology occupying jobs, he created a new category of adjacent IA posts: “He opens windows to jobs that did not exist 12 months ago, such as AI ethics and rapid roles.”
With such a request for expertise, universities are invited to adapt the courses accordingly. Louise Ballard, co -founder of Atheni.aiWho helps companies adopt AI technology, says that there is a problem with “basic skills in AI literacy” which are not taught in higher education.
“You don’t get the training they need,” she said. “The skills required to be good at AI are not necessarily the academic skills you have acquired.”
The real risk, said Morrow, was not that AI occupies jobs, but that educational establishments and government policy fail to follow. “Universities must integrate AI learning on all their subjects,” he said.
5 Graduates use AI to apply for jobs – but should be careful
AI is an obvious help to fill CVs and forms as well as to write cover letters. Many organizations contacted by the Guardian have reported a sharp increase in requests now that the submission of one has become easier.
Bright Network said that the number of graduates and undergraduate students using AI for their applications increased from 38% last year to 50%. Teach First, a major graduate employer, said that it was planning to accelerate the use of verification processes that do not involve writing to reduce the impact of computer entries.
The Tyler of ISE warned that excessive use of AI in applications could lead to an end of recruitment campaigns early and target specific groups with recruitment work. The end of such early readers could also affect under-represented groups, she said.
Errors that were once considered red flags could now be seen in a different way, explains James Reed. “In the past, we used to detect CVs that had spelling mistakes because we think that the person is not paying attention to details or approaching things with a relaxed state of mind. Now, if you see someone’s CV with a spelling error, you think:” Wow, it’s really written by a person – that is the real thing. “”
6. Consider applying for small businesses
Small to medium -sized businesses, or companies that employ less than 250 people, have also been distinguished as an opportunity for graduates.
O’Brien de Pollen stressed that SMEs are the largest employers in the United Kingdom, at 60% of the workforceAnd any lack of AI knowledge on their part could present a job opportunity.
“Many of these companies do not know how to use AI, they are afraid of AI and there is a huge opportunity for young graduates to bring these skills to small businesses that are still hiring,” she said. “If you bring these skills to a small business, you could revolutionize this business.”
Dan Hawes, co-founder of the Graduate Recruitment Bureau, said that there were thousands of employers “under the radar” lower than the level of large companies that were “desperate for brain individuals”.
“There is this huge hidden market and is rarely reported,” he said.
