Class of 2024: Keys to Landing Your First Job

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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This year’s graduating seniors face a more competitive job market than last year. Host J.R. Whalen is joined by reporter Lindsay Ellis, who spoke with several students about how they secured their first job out of college. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Alex Partners.
0:03.0	Read the results of the fifth annual Alex Partners.com.
0:18.0	Here's your money briefing for Friday, March 22nd. I'm J. R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal.
0:20.0	College seniors are facing a more journal.
0:26.0	College seniors are facing a more competitive job market this year. When they're trying to get a job as an entry-level consultant
0:30.0	or in the tech industry, they would be competing against people with a year or two of experience
0:37.2	under their belt who might have recently been affected by layoffs or looking for a new position given that instability.
0:45.2	So that makes for a more competitive search.
0:49.3	Wall Street Journal reporter Lindsay Ellis spoke to recruiters and career experts about how seniors
0:54.2	can improve their chances of securing job offers. She'll join us after the break. AI may be the most important new computer technology ever, but AI needs a lot of
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1:36.0	Oracle.com slash Wall Street. Some college seniors have already landed their first job after graduation.
1:49.0	Wall Street Journal reporter Lindsay Ellis covers young professionals and the workplace and she
1:54.1	joins me.
1:55.1	Lindsay, what does the US job market look like for students graduating this spring?
1:59.8	Many companies are hiring more conservatively for new graduates.
2:04.2	Some of them held out on hiring in the fall
2:07.6	instead of racing to fill positions before Christmas
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