Where New Grads Are Finding Job Opportunities

It's a brutal hiring market for new grads. Hiring has slowed across multiple industries, and competition is especially fierce, given that artificial intelligence (AI) has recently begun to take on tasks usually associated with entry-level roles. 

According to a recent analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the unemployment rate for college graduates ages 22 to 27 is up, hitting 5.8 percent at the end of 2025. Overall, hiring is down 7 percent year over year, and still well below pre-pandemic levels, said Kory Kantenga, LinkedIn’s head of economics.

In an effort to help new graduates manage the intimidating start to their career journey, LinkedIn just released its 2026 Grad’s Guide, which analyzed millions of LinkedIn profiles to find which jobs were hiring new grads, which industries are growing the fastest and the best cities to find jobs.

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