Greg Hart, President and CEO of Coursera Coursera With entry-level jobs declining as employers continue to deploy AI, Coursera’s CEO has shared his top tips for graduates to stay competitive in the job market and stand out in interviews. Greg Hart, former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos at Amazon, became president and CEO of online…
In the U.S., postings for entry-level jobs have declined about 35% since January 2023, per data from labor research firm Revelio Labs. Cemile Bingol | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images As more companies brazenly declare AI-driven layoffs in 2025, the first jobs on the chopping block appear to be junior positions and entry-level jobs. Graduate…
Seri Thompson has been on the job market for eight months. In that time, she’s applied to over 180 jobs. Some of them are related to her new communications degree, like for social media or marketing jobs. Lately she’s also applied to jobs unrelated to her field, like assistant or retail positions. In the meantime,…
Jaclyn Johnson has big plans for her business. She started hosting events for women entrepreneurs in 2011 and formally launched her company, Create & Cultivate, in 2015. In the last decade, the founder has scaled the business to host 2,000-attendee gatherings, sold the company for $22 million, bought it back, brought on a new CEO…
The unemployment rate for recent graduates reached 5.8% in March 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. baona | E+ | Getty Images Formal degrees aren’t cutting it anymore for some industries. Instead, many companies are prioritizing skills and experience-based hiring, Sarah Skelton, co-founder and managing director of staffing and recruiting firm…
Do you want a job you love, at a company you love, with values you love? Of course you do. That’s the dream for just about everyone. And frankly, companies want the same thing. When employee values align with company values, you get engagement and retention. It’s a win-win. A desire for this “glove-like” fit…
When Priyanka Jain, co-founder and CEO of vaginal microbiome test and care company Evvy, is hiring, she knows what she wants to see in a candidate. She’s looking for someone “who goes above and beyond just what your job title tells you to do,” she says. That could mean including an “Interests” section on your…
