For parents

It isn't your kid. The first rung of the ladder changed.

If your graduate has sent hundreds of applications and heard almost nothing, this page explains why, what we do about it, and what we can't promise.

What happened

Stanford researchers using payroll data found that employment for people aged 22 to 25 in jobs exposed to AI is about 19% below where it would have been, while older workers in the same jobs held steady. The drop comes from companies hiring fewer young people. The work juniors used to learn on, small well-defined coding tasks, is exactly what AI tools now do well.

The work is still there, and it has shifted. IBM, for example, is tripling its entry-level hiring in 2026, and it rewrote those jobs around talking with customers, checking AI's work, and owning results. The jobs growing for young engineers are the most human part of the work.

What your graduate is up against

Applications per job have roughly doubled since 2022, and many are written by AI, so most are barely read. Silence is now the normal response, even to good candidates. What still works is trust: a person who knows them, a short honest note to someone on the team, and work a hiring manager can check in ten minutes.

What we do, and what they do

Every morning we prepare roles that fit, find the person to reach at each, and write a note. Your graduate sends them personally, in their own words, about five a week once their resume is ready, and we track every reply. Each week they also take one step on a project for a real person, such as a local business or a club, which becomes the proof employers can check. It asks about 10 to 15 hours a week of them.

What we can't promise

Nobody honest can promise a job. A company's yes is theirs. What we promise is the work, the visibility, and our numbers: starting November 25 we publish our students' reply, screen and interview rates, the weak weeks included. If your graduate doesn't want to do this, we stop.

How to help without nagging

Your graduate can show you what they've sent and what came back at any time; it's all tracked on their map. Ask one question a week instead of checking in every day. The decision to join is theirs, and the call starts with what they want.