New Grads - Does this group know how to manage a job search?

Overall US unemployment has stabilized at ~4.2-4.3%, unemployment for recent college graduates is only trending higher.

The labor market for new grads has weakened consistently since 2022, with new hiring down 16% in 2025 YOY, according to payroll firm Gusto.

Analysts say the trend is likely a result of cyclical post-pandemic hiring slowdowns—particularly in new-grad-heavy sectors like technology, finance, and business information—and overall economic uncertainty in the tumultuous early days of the Trump administration.

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The above analysis is fine but how about the strategies that new grads need to understand.  Factors:

Do new grads understand the importance of networking? How to address ATS requirements?  Follow-up after interviews?  Why they need to be in the office and not work remote or hybrid?  Are they writing AI driven resumes?

In short, do new grads know how to manage a job search?  I am suspect.