Research
A public-facing source index and visual research dashboard for the numbers used across the Eynvision Labs landing page.
Visual research dashboard
These charts make the core claims easier to scan: employers want experience, entry-level hiring is narrowing, AI is changing expectations, and Pakistan's IT market is growing faster than graduate readiness.
Hult and Workplace Intelligence surveyed 800 HR leaders and 800 recent graduates on workforce readiness.
Struggling to find talent
HR leaders
98%
Avoid hiring recent graduates
HR leaders
89%
Top reason: no real-world experience
HR leaders
60%
Graduates feel fully equipped
recent graduates
24%
Graduates with work experience are reported to be hired at roughly twice the rate of those without it.
At Big Tech, new graduates represent a much smaller share of hires than before the market reset.
ZipRecruiter's graduate research shows a gap between AI's labor-market impact and school-based preparation.
Recent grads say AI has impacted hiring
recent graduates
47%
Rising grads expect fewer entry roles
rising graduates
50.6%
Rising grads with extensive AI training
school preparation
29%
Recent grads with extensive AI training
school preparation
23%
Pakistan is producing a large CS/IT graduate pool, but the transition into industry roles remains weak.
Do not enter industry roles
derived from 18.3% entering roles
>80%
Enter industry roles
industry conversion
18.3%
Annual graduate supply
annual graduate supply
72,952
July-April IT export receipts grew 21% year over year, while April 2026 crossed $400M again.
89%
of HR leaders say they avoid hiring recent graduates.
>80%
of Pakistani CS/IT graduates do not enter industry roles.
50%+
drop in Big Tech new-grad hiring from pre-pandemic levels.
81.6%
hiring rate reported for graduates with work experience.
60%
say lack of real-world experience is the top reason graduates are avoided.
55%
say recent graduates do not know how to work well on a team.
7%
of Big Tech hires are now new graduates.
$3.81B
Pakistan IT exports in July-April FY26.
21%
year-on-year growth for Pakistan IT export receipts.
$423M
IT export receipts in April 2026.