As AI automates the tasks that once defined first jobs, higher education must rethink how it delivers real-world experience—before students ever graduate.

“Every six months you need to update your course materials,” said MIT Deputy Dean of academics Asuman Ozdaglar. “You need to introduce new courses because there are new paradigms…

With fewer entry-level jobs and more competition, experts say candidates must be specific, strategic, and flexible in today’s labor market.