Tech hiring favors experience over new grads

U.S. information‑sector unemployment ticked up in April even as overall job postings for software developers rose year‑over‑year; employers appear to prefer experienced developers, leaving recent graduates and junior workers more exposed to unemployment and underemployment. The same firms citing AI investments are simultaneously trimming staff and seeking higher‑skill hires, producing a talent‑market split. — If tech demand is polarizing toward experienced workers while firms cut overall IT headcount citing AI and macro risks, that has implications for university training, immigration policy, and social mobility.