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Small businesses say they aren’t planning to hire many recent graduates for entry-level jobs – here’s why

Appeared on January 13, 2026

Murugan Anandarajan, PhD, vice dean and professor of MIS; Cuneyt Gozu, PhD, associate clinical professor of management; and Dave Prisco, director of the Center for Career Readiness, co-authored a Jan. 13 column for The Conversation about the decrease in small businesses hiring new graduates for entry level positions and other hiring outlooks for recent college grads.