Billionaire investor and former “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban believes new graduates should seek jobs in small to medium-sized businesses, because that’s where they can add the most value in the age of agentic AI. “…new grads should be taking jobs SMBs and teaching them how to use agents to optimize processes they couldn't take the time or afford to do manually,” Cuban said late Wednesday, in a post on X. He is referring to AI agents, or virtual assistants that can complete tasks entirely without requiring u ...

A disturbing shift in the American labor market—dubbed a “white-collar slowdown” has pushed the share of unemployed college graduates to record highs, prompting venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya to demand a drastic overhaul of federal student lending.Job Losses Hit College GraduatesNew data and a chart named “white-collar slowdown,” released late Monday by The Kobeissi Letter, reveals that Americans with four-year degrees now comprise 25.3% of total unemployment, a figure that has doubled since the 20 ...