Surely you have realized that for the occasional year, having a university degree no longer impresses as much as before.
Until recently, it was like an almost mandatory merit medal for anyone. You studied four or five years, you graduated, and that, in theory, opened you in par at the time of the labor market. But now the situation has changed and it is not because someone has suddenly decided that the titles no longer serve, but because the current one sends and artificial intelligence has advanced on the right to the usual education.
The reality is that, if we think about it for a moment, What is the use of knowing all the theoretical concepts if a tool such as Chatgpt, Gemini or any of the many that are available can do the job in less time, with fewer errors and without the need to rest?
It is not that knowledge does not be worth, that is undeniable, but what is happening is that many times that knowledge does not translate into a direct utility. And that, in today’s world, weighs.
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What matters is not the title, but if you know how to play on the battlefield
This is a phrase that recruiters say or those people who then interview the potential workers, are those who seek employment, and show it the data.
A new report reveals that large technological ones have reduced the hiring of new university graduates by 25 %. The reason is that AI has absorbed a good part of the tasks that were previously destined for those profiles.
That is to say, They no longer need people so much because many functions can be automated or made by someone who, without passing through the university, perfectly knows certain tools.
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On the other hand, the last PWC report, the AI Jobs Barometer 2025confirms that companies do not demand so much person with university degrees and now the focus is on AI and the skills you have acquired when using this technology.
In sectors such as financial, marketing or programming, what matters is what you know how to do today, not what you studied in the past. And this, far from being something to fear, the truth is that you can open the door to more opportunities for those who do not have a university degree, but other more practical skills.
The current trend is that the requirements of the companies change 66% faster in the works with the highest exposure to AI, according to PWC. Just a year ago, that change was 25%. Now what the recruiters They are people capable of adapting, learning on their own and mastering tools such as Chatgpt, Gemini, Claude or Deepseek.
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Joe Atkinson, Global Director of AI, PWC is clear: «The key is to use the technology, do not fear it. If you don’t put the batteries, you will be left behind very fast».
«IA models are developing capabilities at incredible speed … I think anyone who does not feel uncomfortable constantly trying to keep up, probably is not paying attention,» he adds.
The self -training and domain of AI are the new ‘indispensable minimum’
And the most interesting is how generation Z is currently reacting to this. Many young people no longer see the best way for their future. Some even believe that their title is already outdated and unusable before having started using it.
In the end, If you shape for four years in something that, at the end, has already changed radically because of the AI, the feeling that you have thrown your time in the trash is very normal.
Of course this does not mean that studying does not make sense. But you have to turn around how, when and what we study for. Because although before the important thing was to have a title, now what counts is whether that knowledge serves in this space-time, if you can apply it and if it translates into results.
Many current jobs did not even exist ten years ago, such as the specialist in prompts For AI, designer of virtual experiences, real -time data analyst, communities manager on decentralized platforms. These professions are studied in a few places, so most learn about the march, with tutorials, bootcampsprojects …
Again to clarify that this does not mean that everything should learn out of college. On the contrary, there are things that only there you can acquire in depth, but perhaps the time has come to accept that, by itself, it is no longer enough. The title without practice, without skills, without contact with what is currently happening, stays in nothing. The key is the balance.
So not, it is not that the university is dead. It can no longer be the only way. The ‘titulitis’, as an obsession with accumulating diplomas, has been left behind. What comes now is something else and artificial intelligence plays a leading role.
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