Employers Would Rather Hire AI, Robots Than Recent Grads

A study by Hult International Business School and Workplace Intelligence found that despite talent shortages, 89% of HR leaders prefer hiring robots or AI over recent graduates due to lacking real-world experience and skills. Some HR leaders would rather leave positions unfilled or hire freelancers instead of recent grads, with 78% of companies who did hire recent grads having fired some of them. Recent grads value work experience, with 77% learning more on the job than in college, while 55% feel unprepared for their current job due to a lack of technology skills like AI and data analytics.

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