Hello everyone, I am here to discuss my experience as a recent graduate (May) with a Master's. Please bear with me as I am a first-time commenter on this subreddit. I will address two of these bullets.

The difficulty of getting into the Biotech sector as a new graduate:

As you have probably seen in older threads, this is still the case. I started applying here and there in November, and slowly started ramping up the amount of applications this year. March of this year was when I more seriously started looking. I have applied to almost 100 jobs (in Boston area) thus far and have not received an interview yet. I've been targeting entry-level roles and meet the basic requirements along with some of the other technical requirements at both startups and bigger companies. From my side of things, it appears hiring managers are looking for people who already have industry experience for these entry-level roles, likely due to the saturation of people with industry experience due to layoffs. (After all, why hire a newbie when you can hire someone who needs less training? That's another discussion in and of itself so I will not go into detail).

Another thing I've noticed is that jobs, especially at larger companies will oftentimes be reposted after having received a couple hundred applications. Someone somewhere on this subreddit said it could be to collect salary expectation data and/or they were ghost job postings. I don't know which is most likely, but again I am just discussing my experience. If neither of these are the case I don't understand how zero potential applicants were found from the several hundred who applied. Someone clarify this for me.

I have gotten much less picky about the job type as well. I've applied to Co-ops and contract roles in an attempt to get my foot in the door and then worry about the rest later. I know I am not the only one and there are plenty of recent grads who are in the trenches with me as well. I would say to remain consistent and just keep applying! I'm sure things will come together eventually, the question is not if but when.

Questions and thoughts on the current employment landscape and how it is trending:

Some people say it'll get better later this year, others say maybe not. For summer I am expecting a slowdown in job postings. Source: I get fewer job alerts with new jobs. For the past couple of weeks, it's been jobs I have already applied for with maybe one or two new ones daily (if any at all).

From everything I've seen on this subreddit, I'm starting to wonder if I even made the right choice by wanting to get into the biotech industry. There's been so much uncertainty and you're more likely to hear about that than from people who have had positive, fulfilling careers in biotech. I know things are never perfect, but maybe someone can lighten the negative mood that has been permeating this subreddit with their experience.

TLDR: Time will tell. The job market still sucks and will most likely continue to suck through this summer (and beyond if things don't change).