They’d have to be hiring recent graduates for you to hear that perspective.

And, as much as what I’ve just said is hyperbolically pessimistic, there is some truth to it.

In the UK a bunch of factors have coincided to put the brakes on hiring, especially smaller and mid-size businesses. AI is the obvious one that gets all the press (although how much it’s really to blame is open to question in my view), but the recent rise in employer AI contribution, and now (anecdotally) the employee rights bill have come together to make companies quite gunshy when it comes to hiring.