Recent Gen Z graduates feel underprepared for today’s AI-driven job market, despite 9 in 10 educators believing otherwise, according to a Cengage report . It comes as employers are hiring fewer entry-level workers and reporting frustration with recent grads’ lack of workplace readiness—and students blame inadequate career prep, limited internships, and poor real-world exposure during their education.

While it may be assumed that recent college graduates aren’t ready to take on the AI-burdened job market, the ones prepping them for the workforce feel otherwise.

Nearly nine in 10 educators believe their students are prepared to enter the workforce, but students disagree.

Almost half of graduates don’t even feel prepared enough to apply for an entry-level job in their field of stu

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