India, May 27 -- Every year, thousands of final-year students step out of college convinced that landing a job is about ticking the right boxes. A decent GPA. A few internships. Maybe a certification or two. For a long time, that formula worked reasonably well. It does not work the same way anymore. The job market that today's freshers are walking into has been quietly but fundamentally restructured. Not because companies are hiring fewer people, but because they are hiring for a different kind of person. The skills that made a candidate hireable five years ago are now considered the bare minimum, and even that minimum is shifting faster than most college curricula can keep up with. A few years ago, AI was a tool that helped people work fas...