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Only 2.5% of 12,779 tech job listings are entry-level

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Re: Only 2.5% of 12,779 tech job listings are entry-level

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Post by joe_mamba »

AznHisoka wrote: post #4
Guestmodinfo wrote: post #3

How can a fresher get job when he or she doesn't has any network. Only option is through showcasing their projects but how many hiring managers would be interested in their area of interest

Showcasing your projects has gradually become useless too with the proliferation of vibe coded apps.

Thank god. Let's go back to on-site whiteboarding of basic coding problems that can be solved in ~10 minutes.

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Post by datamatastudios »

Guestmodinfo wrote: post #3

How can a fresher get job when he or she doesn't has any network. Only option is through showcasing their projects but how many hiring managers would be interested in their area of interest

Hey!

Thanks for reaching out.

It is definitely getting tough in the world of AI and just fierce competition, especially with these dwindling opportunities for graduate or entry level roles.

I think the best chance these days is to have a targeted set of projects that is tuned for small businesses where you can easily reachout to them via Linkedin or similar social channels.

It has to be tailored projects using real data and services like AWS or GCP anything that can be built on top of real life usage in companies will help alot.

With this, you can get a chance to reach out to people in that company that doesn't have to be the hiring manager, just someone that can put a good word in to get you in.

Re: Only 2.5% of 12,779 tech job listings are entry-level

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Post by firesteelrain »

This is an ad/clickbait. This article is more researched with details [1] in particular, “ the share of tech jobs requiring three years of experience or less fell from 43% in 2018 to 28% in 2024, according to IEEE Spectrum”

1. https://mothasa.substack.com/p/the-junior-developer-is-going...

Re: Only 2.5% of 12,779 tech job listings are entry-level

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Post by servo_sausage »

Liftyee wrote: post #8

I wonder if there's a tragedy of the commons effect with hiring. No individual company wants to spend to train employees when they can just use the pool of trained employees from other companies.

I've always been a bit sceptical about these types of statistics, seems like it's a classification problem as well; the big established companies that traditionally take on lots of grads have many recruiting pathways, and don't always list many roles.

Smaller places just need "a guy" and don't always specify experience.

Re: Only 2.5% of 12,779 tech job listings are entry-level

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Post by AznHisoka »

datamatastudios wrote: post #12
Guestmodinfo wrote: post #3

How can a fresher get job when he or she doesn't has any network. Only option is through showcasing their projects but how many hiring managers would be interested in their area of interest

Hey! Thanks for reaching out. It is definitely getting tough in the world of AI and just fierce competition, especially with these dwindling opportunities for graduate or entry level roles. I think the best chance these days is to have a targeted set of projects that is tuned for small businesses where you can easily reachout to them via Linkedin or similar social channels. It has to be tailored projects using real d…

Shaddup. Go do that and show me it works. Also shaddup
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