"McMahon began college before AI was a thing. Three and a half years later, she graduated into a world where it was suddenly everywhere. McMahon majored in marketing, with a minor in film and media studies. "I was trying to do the stable option," she said of her business degree. She followed the standard advice given to all undergraduates hoping for a job after college: Network and intern."
"But when she started to apply for full-time jobs, all she heard back - on the rare occasions she heard anything - was that roles were being cut, either because of AI or outsourcing. Before pausing her job search recently, McMahon had applied to roughly 150 jobs. "I know those are kind of rookie numbers in this environment," she said jokingly. "It's very discouraging."McMahon's frustrations are pretty typical among job seekers freshly out of college."
The early 1990s saw the internet emerge with email and the first commercial web browser, and businesses began launching websites and internet cafés. A recent graduate entered college before AI became widespread and left into a labor market where AI was suddenly ubiquitous. The graduate pursued a marketing major with a film and media minor, completed multiple internships including media planning work at a major studio, and followed traditional advice to network and intern. The graduate applied to roughly 150 jobs and frequently heard positions were cut due to AI or outsourcing, reflecting a broader decline in entry-level postings.
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