Why Job Listing Qualifications Feel Absurd

Lacking enough or the right experience, skills, credentials and/or education ranked second among the biggest barriers for jobseekers in 2022, according to McKinsey & Co. The cooling labor market has made it more difficult to find a job. Kory Kantenga, Senior Economist at LinkedIn, said that is felt acutely in the entry-level job market. Some workplace experts blame inflated job requirements and layoffs of recruiters, while others point to a skills miss-match between available jobs and recent graduate degrees. Watch the video to find out why job requirements have become so demanding and what that means for the entry level workforce.

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Produced by Juhohn Lee

Edited by Jack Hillyer

Narration by Andrea Miller

Animation by Jason Reginato, Christina Locopo

Supervising Producer Lindsey Jacobson

Additional Footage: Getty Images

Additional Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Brookings Institution, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Why Job Listing Qualifications Feel Absurd