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Fresh graduates who enter the workforce face the snowballing effect of unemployment and competition by previous batches.
Larger MNCs continue offshoring manpower to cheaper SEA countries.
Many entry-level roles now ask for prior experience, making it harder for new graduates to even get a foot in the door.
Contract roles and short-term hires are becoming more common, while permanent openings feel tighter. Even where jobs exist, there is often a mismatch between what firms say they need and the skills fresh graduates actually had the chance to build in school.
What’s next?
u/CriticalFigure7662 — 9 days ago